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Clearer, sharper photos of memorial, elevator bas-relief and view from memorial bridge

I've noticed that the photo of the memorial could be a bit sharper so I've contributed my own. I've also contributed two other photos to commons. One showing the bas-relief that sits ontop of Arizona side elevator that could potentially replace a b/w photo of the Nevada side elevator bas-relief and a photo from a very center of the new memorial bridge walkway which is also sharper and higher resolution of the current one.

These are the photos:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoover_dam_memorial.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hover_Dam_view_from_memorial_bridge.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoover_dam_arizona_elevator_relief.jpg
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Aleksomber (talk • contribs) 05:03, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hoover Dam

I have pictures of what Is called the “Stairway to Heaven”. It is the 700+ foot stairwell in the Hoover Dam in case the elevators fail. The pictures are about the midway point. They curve because the dam curves. Dhendershot (talk) 00:19, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Look like this? [1] SilverReaper (talk) 03:07, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What of it? 2A00:23C7:E287:1900:D030:E8F5:F817:839A (talk) 12:27, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Calisphere

"This [is] the Hotel at St. Thomas, Nevada. June 1936 - When the Boulder Dam is full this building will be at the bottom of the Lake". Calisphere. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
"The Hotel at St. Thomas, Nevada. When the Boulder Dam is full this building will be at the bottom of the Lake". Calisphere. Retrieved 25 October 2020.

24.7.104.84 (talk) 09:45, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting but I don't know that the image is worth putting in. Thanks for the link..--Wehwalt (talk) 19:44, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lynn Atkinson

Listed in several websites as the engineer for the project. What’s the story? 2A00:23C7:E287:1900:D030:E8F5:F817:839A (talk) 12:34, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The only source I've been able to find is a single article in the LA Times that so claims in passing. Other sources list his company as one of those which submitted the second-place bid for the project. Do you have strong evidence that Atkinson was engineer for the project?--Wehwalt (talk) 15:00, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Problem with the dam's Power/Energy specifications

I was looking at the specs for Hoover Dam and spotted something strange ...

Installed capacity 2,080 MW

Capacity factor 23%

Annual generation 3.3 TWh (12 PJ) (2020) [3]

But 12 PJ divided by seconds in a year is 380 GW, not 2 GW. I don't know where the error entered the stream, but 12 PJ is definitely not consistent with 2.08 GW as the installed capacity rating. YodaWhat (talk) 22:05, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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 Listed in several websites as the engineer for the project. What’s the story? [[Special:Contributions/2A00:23C7:E287:1900:D030:E8F5:F817:839A|2A00:23C7:E287:1900:D030:E8F5:F817:839A]] ([[User talk:2A00:23C7:E287:1900:D030:E8F5:F817:839A|talk]]) 12:34, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
 :The only source I've been able to find is a single article in the LA Times that so claims in passing. Other sources list his company as one of those which submitted the second-place bid for the project. Do you have strong evidence that Atkinson was engineer for the project?--[[User:Wehwalt|Wehwalt]] ([[User talk:Wehwalt|talk]]) 15:00, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
+== Problem with the dam's Power/Energy specifications ==
+I was looking at the specs for Hoover Dam and spotted something strange ...
+Installed capacity	2,080 MW
+Capacity factor	23%
+Annual generation	3.3 TWh (12 PJ) (2020) [3]
+'''But 12 PJ divided by seconds in a year is 380 GW, not 2 GW.'''
+I don't know where the error entered the stream, but 12 PJ is definitely not consistent with 2.08 GW as the installed capacity rating.
+[[User:YodaWhat|YodaWhat]] ([[User talk:YodaWhat|talk]]) 22:05, 24 July 2022 (UTC)