- Some objections were raised in the 1950s when construction of a Glen Canyon Dam was proposed, and environmentalists fought to protect this unique natural area.
- Near the border of Arizona and Utah, the 710-foot-tall Glen Canyon Dam flooded over 180 miles of the Colorado River in Glen Canyon to form Lake Powell.
- Construction of Glen Canyon Dam began in 1956 and was completed by 1966. ... Upstream view towards Glen Canyon Dam. July 24, 1961.
- Glen Canyon Dam is more modern, built between 1957 and 1963. Hoover Dam is the older, more historic dam, built between 1931 and 1936.
- Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona, United States, near the town of Page.
- At the crest of Glen Canyon dam (location #1 on the cross-section above), we see one of a display of the cement buckets used in building the dam.
- Glen Canyon Dam Photo: Wikimedia Commons - Agunther. Glen Canyon Dam, located on the Colorado River near the northwestern Arizona town of Page, was...
- The Glen Canyon Dam is located within the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, where some 3 million tourists visit each year for outdoor fun.
- At the time of its completion in 1959, the Glen Canyon Dam bridge was the highest arch bridge in the world and the second highest bridge of any type.