Hoover Dam

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The Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada. It is 700 hundred feet tall and was built in 1930. It was named after President Hoover.

The Titan's Curse
After narrowly escaping the junkyard of the gods, Percy, Zoë, Grover, and Thalia traveled in canoes to Hoover Dam with the help from some water nymphs. Seeing Bessie the Ophiotaurus, Percy tells the others to grab some food first. The skeletons arriving, Percy was forced to run around the whole place, where he encounters the goddess Athena and also meets Rachel Elizabeth Dare (a mortal who can see through the mist), who told him to hide in the restroom, in order to escape the skeletons who tried to kill him. The group escapes via the two angel statues, who were sacred to Zeus. Thalia summoned them to life, since she is the daughter of Zeus.

Trivia

 * It was said to be one of Annabeth's favorite pieces of architecture (evident as Percy, Grover and Thalia spouted random facts that they subconsciously remembered when Annabeth used to go on about it).
 * The name is the subject of some jokes by the characters; the word "dam" is pronounced the same way as a vulgar word, and the characters, who are emotionally strung after the death of Bianca di Angelo, decide to use the word to cheer themselves up.