This is also my second time doing the tour at Glen Canyon Dam, it was interesting because we had the same tour guide. This time he was much more confident and a lot more knowledgeable. The dam was built by the Bureau of Reclamation and they also built 336 other dams as well as 2 on the Colorado River. The lake formed behind the dam is Lake Powell and 66 tributaries flow into it. The problem with the river down stream is that there is no sediments in it because they are all trapped upstream at the beginning of Lake Powell. It was interesting to get the tour and to see all around the dam. It was also cool to see the inside of the dam and to see the sheer size of the generators, each creating 2000 horsepower.
The second speaker at Glen Canyon was not very good at all. We waited over a hour for her to get through traffic and then when she got to the dam she only talked for 15 minutes at the most. Her lecture was more suited for an elementary school class. The only thing that I got from that lecture was that water is used a lot.
Picture Citations:
"Lake Powell." Anthony Sarnoski. 2011.
"Glen Canyon Turbines." Anthony Sarnoski. 2011.
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