- Glen Canyon Dam has the honor of being the second-tallest dam of this sort at 710 feet high from bedrock to top and fourth highest dam of any type in the nation.
- Glen Canyon Dam was constructed in 26 separate vertical blocks by placing successive 7.5-foot layers known as lifts on top of each other.
- 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.
- Glen Canyon Dam was constructed to protect the Upper Basin States water supply from being used prematurely by the Lower Basin States.
- The Glen Canyon Dam, located just outside Page Arizona, is a marvel of modern engineering, towering to an impressive 710 feet.
- The dam is named for Glen Canyon, a series of deep sandstone gorges now flooded by the reservoir.
- The construction of the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River in the late 1950s opened the door to new opportunities in the U.S...
- They make a nice day trip from Las Vegas. But, I wanted to give a shout out to the lesser-known little brother/sister…the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell.
- Glen Canyon Dam is located in Glen Canyon, a deep, narrow canyon that was carved by the Colorado River over millions of years.
- The Glen Canyon Dam is concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona, United States, near the town of Page.