Hoover Dam High Scaler - Boulder City, NV
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jiggs11
N 36° 00.928 W 114° 44.457
11S E 703579 N 3988024
Larger than life sculpture dedicated to the men who helped build the Hoover Dam.
Waymark Code: WMQA5W
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2016
Views: 13
Larger than life bronze statue located just to the west of the Hoover Dam gift shop and parking garage area.
From the Roadside America website:
"This larger-than life sculpture of a man scaling a rock wall represents a "high scaler." In the 1930s, fearless, eager-to-please-in-a-down-economy dam workers would dangle hundreds of feet in the air, armed with jackhammers to jar loose rocks and dynamite to blast away at the canyon walls. Lots of men died in this occupation and others in creating the immense structure that turns Lake Mead into electricity.
The bronze figure was created in the 1990s by sculptor Steven Liguori, in conjunction with a group of concessionaires who operate the businesses on government property around the landmark. The statue was based on a photo of one of the last of the high scalers then alive -- Joe Kine."
Price of Admission: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
Weekday Hours: From: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM
Weekend Hours: From: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM
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