Boulder City, NV. 1983. Hoover Dam. Built 1931-36. The dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River. Impounds Lake Mead. Max. electrical generating capacity: 1,345 Mega Watts.

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There 17 main turbines in the Hoover Powerplant -- nine on the Arizona wing and eight on the Nevada wing. The original turbines were replaced through an uprating program between 1986 and 1993. The plant has a nameplate capacity of about 2,080 megawatts. This includes the two station-service units (small generating units that provide power for plant operations), which are rated at megawatts each. With the main units having a combined rated capacity of 2,991,000 horsepower, and two station-service units rated at 3,500 horsepower each, the plant has a rated capacity of 2,998,000 horsepower.

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