06 Jul 08 15:55, Mark Lewis wrote to Roger Nelson:

 RN>> I'm only guessing because I've not been there, but wouldn't East to
 RN>> West be from Arizona to Nevada?

 ML> in most cases, it would be... but what about if the eastern state has
 ML> an "interlocking" section that's west of part of the western state?
 ML> that sounds wierd and i know that ascii art is gonna suck :?

This wouldn't apply to Hoover Dam.

 ML>     ________________________________
 ML>    |                |               |
 ML>    |     State A    |     State B   |
 ML>  W |                 \              | E
 ML>  E |           ,-4--. \             | A
 ML>  S |          /     1  2            | S
 ML>  T |         /  ,-3-'  |            | T
 ML>    |         \  \______/            |
 ML>    |          \                     |
 ML>    |          |                     |
 ML>    |__________|_____________________|

 ML> traveling east to west...
 ML> with a dam across point 1, one would be going from State A into State
 ML> B... with a dam across point 2, one would be going from State B into
 ML> State A...

 ML> it can get even trickier if the the actual crossing is north and
 ML> south, like across points 3 and 4, and the question is phrased with
 ML> "north to south" (or visa versa) instead of "east to
west" ;)

The not so tricky part is that the Nevada and Arizona border is right up
the middle of the Colorado River, thru the dam into the Lake. If you used
Google Earth to look at it, you can see a photo of the Nevada tower and
the Arizona tower. Each has a clock on them, one says 'Nevada Time' and
the other says 'Arizona Time'. However, I've linked both photos for
everyone to see.

Nevada clock.

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/9605475

Arizona clock.

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/9605458

                R\%/itt



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