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Hoover Dam. Hoover Dam, formerly called Boulder Dam, dam in Black Canyon on the Colorado River, at the Arizona-Nevada border, U.S. Constructed between 1930 and 1936, it is the highest concrete arch dam in the United States. It impounds Lake Mead, which extends for 115 miles (185 km) upstream and is one of the largest manmade lakes in the world.
World's Tallest Dam. Currently, the tallest dam in the world is Nurek Dam on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan. It is 984 feet (300 meters) tall. Hoover Dam is 726.4 feet (221.3 meters) tall.Today, Hoover Dam still ranks in the top 20 of the tallest dams in the world, but only in the concrete gravity and arch categories.Many other rock and earthfill dams have surpassed Hoover in height.rom about 1938 until 1948 the Hoover Dam powerplant was the largest hydroelectric plant in the world. Since then, larger facilities have been built, and people often ask, What is the biggest dam in the world today?. The answer depends on what you mean by biggest.