- Design: The dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam, meaning that it is designed to withstand the weight of the water behind it. It is 726 feet (221 meters) tall and 1,244 feet (379 meters) long, and it has a capacity to store over 28 million acre-feet of water.
- Power generation: The Hoover Dam has 17 turbines that generate electricity, producing over 4 billion kilowatt-hours of power per year. This is enough to power over 1.3 million homes.
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