My dad has the original corp maps when they first built the lake and dam, fun fact if you like to scuba dive there are still roads over by Eden isle and even a cemetery with a small town still under the water! i got to scuba dive along a road to a stop sign and thought wow! Theres a old coal mine about 80 feet down also that master divers use, a ton of sunken boats and cars, really big fish like a 6 ft gar. Used to go almost every weekend as a kid growing up, best times relaxing and water skiing . JFK commissioned the area the day before he went to Texas and met his demise. Love that place and still like to go when our new family can!! thanks for the tour !!
@@andyhipp1270 so cool!! Some people say that when the water is low, you can see a church steeple sticking up somewhere out there. I'm not exactly sure where
Thank you for this video. I have ridden/driven over this dam for 48 years. I have family in Concord and Conway and we traveled over this dam often. I have always wanted to go inside and with this video I can! Thank you very much.
That was awesome,😎 very informative, I’ve ALWAYS WONDERED HOW A DAM worked a you’ve fed my inner child’s soul!!!🥳🤗Mission accomplished 🙏🏻🫡🇺🇸 Thank you all for taking the time an effort to educate an spread the wealth of knowledge 🙏🏻🤗You are a Blessing an Thank the Corp of Engineers and its Affiliates for everything thing that do for our world!!🫡🇺🇸😎✌️❤
That sounds like a fun spot for a vacation and see the river rise as the dam releases the water I've never seen that before but would love to see it even just once
Many, many Thanks 🙏 for Sharing Arkansas, GODS Country, I am looking forward to My visit this week. My Dream Opportunity, Volunteering next summer season at Greer’s Ferry 💖🙏
He done a real great job explaining how the flood system works an they work to keep things flowing.... this pretty good channel 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼 am subscribeing👍👍👍👍
That's really neat. This is definitely something I have wanted to do for a long time and I've had a lot of followers on Facebook ask about it. I'm so glad I was able to tour it and film it. Now, everyone can see it!
Thanks for the tour. I live 4 miles downstream from Shenango Reservoir in western PA; Army Corp flood control. Been under that dam, quite similar but much smaller. Kinzua Dam in northwestern PA on the Allegheny River is comparable to Greer - three large hydro generators, one is used as pumped storage up into a billion gallon pool for peak demand. And yes, it is chilly at the lowest tunnels in the dams. Also been through Hoover back in the '80s; massive by comparison. My neighbor tells me the Crappie in Arkansas are measured in pounds, we do them in inches here in PA 😎
Sounds like you've seen a lot! Yes, we measure them in pounds. There's some great crappie fishing here if you ever get down this way! We also have world class trout fishing
Awesome video, more dam tours with the awesome dam tour guide! Crazy that the power being generated at that plant could be going to Swepco customers all the way here to deep east Texas over 200 miles away.
Great tour, thank you to Lindsey and crew, and Jay Townsend and the work of the US Army Corp of Engineers for making this all possible. The Dam is an Engineering Marvel and one Arkansas should be very proud of. Is there any talk about allowing private tours to interested groups? I'm a retired Electrical Engineer and the Dam is on my bucket list to tour.
Thank you so much for watching and for the kind comment! I am very appreciative to Mr. Townsend for making this possible. I know so many people have wanted to tour it but so much changed after 9-11. This was bucket list for me as well. It is my understanding that they will still take large groups to tour the dam if you call and schedule it. I asked about it years ago and they said they will take school groups and homeschool groups. I'm sure they would take any sort of group (church group, etc). I guess they just don't take individuals. But I would call the office and ask about it.
Is OSHA watching? I would have thought hard hats and vests would be mandatory. Very cool video. Everyone should see this to appreciate where/how they get electricity for EV cars etc. Well done folks.
Got staff infection from swimming in that lake and I know countless others who have.... The scary part is that you are right, it IS cleaner than a lot of other lakes.
It's staph not staff.. and it is virtually everywhere. I recommend you and your friends stop drinking the lake water, because that is what you did in order to get it. LOL
Lindsey looked a little nervous when they got to the bottom of the dam. I can sympathize. I got nervous just watching it! This was a pretty cool documentary about the dam, which is just about as old as I am. I didn't know they had smaller generators built in just to power the dam. And those piano wire movement detectors look pretty clever. Usual high-end production values as usual. 27:20 I disagree with Townsend about the government having to pay to run solar or wind generation. I think he's thinking about the tax breaks that clean energy projects can get, but tax breaks aren't the same as the government paying your operating expenses. Tax breaks just pad your profits, right? As far as I know, those wind farms in places like west Texas are going concerns. I certainly agree with him about the value of hydropower, and Arkansas is lucky to have such a resource.
Thank you for watching! I can't comment on what Mr. Townsend said because that is completely out of my wheelhouse! But, I agree with you. Arkansas is lucky to have the dams and the hydropower.
@@AllAboutArkansasTravels All that water is one of Arkansas' big draws for me. The water out here in the Great Plains is often described as too thick to drink and too thin to plow. It's not pretty water. :)
Interesting - I took a tour of Greers Ferry Dam as a kid back in the late 80s. I remember that they turned the lights off. Absolutely no light. A bit frightening to realize how much water is above you, pushing on the lake side of the dam.
Water pressure increases directly with depth. Each foot of depth is 62.4 pounds of force. Each 33 feet of depth is equal to 1 atmosphere of pressure(14.7 psi) so at 33 feet of depth, there are 2 atmospheres of pressure acting on a body or 29.4 psi. Water is 62.4 pounds per cubic foot or 8.2 pounds per gallon. For all practical purposes, water is incompressible.
Very interesting tour. At the very bottom of the dam inside you could see the lady in the black dress was extremely uncomfortable being there! Don't blame her at all.
I remember going on a tour of Boulder Dam on the Colorado River in 1953. We walked a lot of corridors in that dam going over one of the penstocks feeding the big turbines in the power room at the base of the dam. Boulder is over 650 feet high or deep, however, you want to look at it.
Don’t let him fool you that water below the dam is not cold. It’s freezing 🥶 cold lol if you are in a sit in kayak below the dam at the JFK campground your but freezes from the cold coming through the plastic lol it’s not bad in a sit on kayak 😊
An he's right a few hours out side is a hole lot better then a hand full meds....my little boy he gets made if he can't go out side an play...he loves nature...I just couldn't see letting him wast a way behind a TV or Xbox or iPhone all day..... that's not good for any really but really affects younger people
@@joshjones3408 It's just a challenge to get your children and yourself outside for at least 1000 hours every year. They have little tracker coloring pages that you can print off to keep track of each hour outside and it keeps the kids motivated www.1000hoursoutside.com/
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Back in the late 1960's I went on a tour there. I don't remember much of it so thank you all for the refresher!
@@robertcounts5300 You're welcome! Thank you for watching!
My dad has the original corp maps when they first built the lake and dam, fun fact if you like to scuba dive there are still roads over by Eden isle and even a cemetery with a small town still under the water! i got to scuba dive along a road to a stop sign and thought wow! Theres a old coal mine about 80 feet down also that master divers use, a ton of sunken boats and cars, really big fish like a 6 ft gar. Used to go almost every weekend as a kid growing up, best times relaxing and water skiing . JFK commissioned the area the day before he went to Texas and met his demise. Love that place and still like to go when our new family can!! thanks for the tour !!
@@andyhipp1270 so cool!! Some people say that when the water is low, you can see a church steeple sticking up somewhere out there. I'm not exactly sure where
The look on your face when said something about truning the lights out at the bottom.... that look was a MasterCard momment 😆😆👍👍
@@joshjones3408 😂 it's scary down there!
Thank you for this video. I have ridden/driven over this dam for 48 years. I have family in Concord and Conway and we traveled over this dam often. I have always wanted to go inside and with this video I can! Thank you very much.
@@ericmartin9299 Thank you for watching!!
That was awesome,😎 very informative, I’ve ALWAYS WONDERED HOW A DAM worked a you’ve fed my inner child’s soul!!!🥳🤗Mission accomplished 🙏🏻🫡🇺🇸 Thank you all for taking the time an effort to educate an spread the wealth of knowledge 🙏🏻🤗You are a Blessing an Thank the Corp of Engineers and its Affiliates for everything thing that do for our world!!🫡🇺🇸😎✌️❤
Thank you so much! Your comment makes it all worth it. I appreciate it more than you know!
I got to do it in the late 80s with my class. It was something I’ll never forget. Thanks for the vid.❤
fantastic insight into the workings of our regional dams and the Corp of Engineers, thanks to you and the Corp.
Thank you so much for watching!
o gee whizz i missed this just when you posted it a little late but cool seeing our hydro/dam thanks.
@@horseman2232 Thank you for watching!
That was awesome. Been to the lake a few times. But never driven over the dam.
We camp at JFK below the dam as often as we can. It’s awesome to see them release water and watch how fast the river comes up
We do too!! We try to get those spots by the river
That sounds like a fun spot for a vacation and see the river rise as the dam releases the water I've never seen that before but would love to see it even just once
Many, many Thanks 🙏 for Sharing Arkansas, GODS Country, I am looking forward to My visit this week. My Dream Opportunity, Volunteering next summer season at Greer’s Ferry 💖🙏
He done a real great job explaining how the flood system works an they work to keep things flowing.... this pretty good channel 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼 am subscribeing👍👍👍👍
@@joshjones3408 I learned so much on this tour! Thank you for subscribing! I'm glad you're here
I grew up in Heber and when I was in elementary school back in the Early 80s we went on school dam tours and to the fish hatchery
That's really neat. This is definitely something I have wanted to do for a long time and I've had a lot of followers on Facebook ask about it. I'm so glad I was able to tour it and film it. Now, everyone can see it!
Thanks for the tour. I live 4 miles downstream from Shenango Reservoir in western PA; Army Corp flood control. Been under that dam, quite similar but much smaller. Kinzua Dam in northwestern PA on the Allegheny River is comparable to Greer - three large hydro generators, one is used as pumped storage up into a billion gallon pool for peak demand. And yes, it is chilly at the lowest tunnels in the dams. Also been through Hoover back in the '80s; massive by comparison.
My neighbor tells me the Crappie in Arkansas are measured in pounds, we do them in inches here in PA 😎
Sounds like you've seen a lot! Yes, we measure them in pounds. There's some great crappie fishing here if you ever get down this way! We also have world class trout fishing
Awesome video, more dam tours with the awesome dam tour guide! Crazy that the power being generated at that plant could be going to Swepco customers all the way here to deep east Texas over 200 miles away.
Thank you for watching! I agree. I had no idea power could be going that far away. I learned so much on that trip!
Great tour, thank you to Lindsey and crew, and Jay Townsend and the work of the US Army Corp of Engineers for making this all possible. The Dam is an Engineering Marvel and one Arkansas should be very proud of. Is there any talk about allowing private tours to interested groups? I'm a retired Electrical Engineer and the Dam is on my bucket list to tour.
Thank you so much for watching and for the kind comment! I am very appreciative to Mr. Townsend for making this possible. I know so many people have wanted to tour it but so much changed after 9-11. This was bucket list for me as well.
It is my understanding that they will still take large groups to tour the dam if you call and schedule it. I asked about it years ago and they said they will take school groups and homeschool groups. I'm sure they would take any sort of group (church group, etc). I guess they just don't take individuals. But I would call the office and ask about it.
Pretty cool. Thanks!
Thank you for watching!
Is OSHA watching? I would have thought hard hats and vests would be mandatory. Very cool video. Everyone should see this to appreciate where/how they get electricity for EV cars etc. Well done folks.
Thank you! to Army Corp of Engineers.
Awesome video thanks
Thank you for watching!
Got staff infection from swimming in that lake and I know countless others who have.... The scary part is that you are right, it IS cleaner than a lot of other lakes.
@@Hunt_or_Die From Greers?! That's wild. I've swam in that lake my entire life and drank more of it than I meant too
It's staph not staff.. and it is virtually everywhere.
I recommend you and your friends stop drinking the lake water, because that is what you did in order to get it. LOL
41:04..the shaft turns the rotor. The stator stays still, the rotor rotates.
Great video, Lindsey. We are glad it has worked out that you've been able to video tours of some of the dams. Hoover & Mary
Thank you for watching! We have really enjoyed touring them and learning about USACE.
First time Iv seen a lady lead the way ...an that's all right.....👍👍👍👍👍👍
Lindsey looked a little nervous when they got to the bottom of the dam. I can sympathize. I got nervous just watching it! This was a pretty cool documentary about the dam, which is just about as old as I am. I didn't know they had smaller generators built in just to power the dam. And those piano wire movement detectors look pretty clever. Usual high-end production values as usual.
27:20 I disagree with Townsend about the government having to pay to run solar or wind generation. I think he's thinking about the tax breaks that clean energy projects can get, but tax breaks aren't the same as the government paying your operating expenses. Tax breaks just pad your profits, right? As far as I know, those wind farms in places like west Texas are going concerns.
I certainly agree with him about the value of hydropower, and Arkansas is lucky to have such a resource.
Thank you for watching! I can't comment on what Mr. Townsend said because that is completely out of my wheelhouse! But, I agree with you. Arkansas is lucky to have the dams and the hydropower.
@@AllAboutArkansasTravels All that water is one of Arkansas' big draws for me.
The water out here in the Great Plains is often described as too thick to drink and too thin to plow. It's not pretty water. :)
@@arkansasoutpost That's interesting! I've never heard that
I’m just seeing when the alarm horn is going off.
Interesting - I took a tour of Greers Ferry Dam as a kid back in the late 80s. I remember that they turned the lights off. Absolutely no light. A bit frightening to realize how much water is above you, pushing on the lake side of the dam.
@@JS-hu7pv I agree with you. And while you're down there all you can think about is that you hope the engineers were right with their calculations 😅
I’ve always wondered what it was like in the dam
Me too!!
I believe you were terrified
😁 my eyes were bugging out!
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Water pressure increases directly with depth. Each foot of depth is 62.4 pounds of force. Each 33 feet of depth is equal to 1 atmosphere of pressure(14.7 psi) so at 33 feet of depth, there are 2 atmospheres of pressure acting on a body or 29.4 psi. Water is 62.4 pounds per cubic foot or 8.2 pounds per gallon. For all practical purposes, water is incompressible.
I Bet the Seepage and Sweat Water is good 2 Drink
@@johnwulf1035 hmm. I didn't think about that. I guess it would be fairly filtered
Well, I will be dam
I’m just getting to watch I’ve been at Crowley’s Ridge State Park and I didn’t get to watch . No internet there
Very interesting tour. At the very bottom of the dam inside you could see the lady in the black dress was extremely uncomfortable being there! Don't blame her at all.
I remember going on a tour of Boulder Dam on the Colorado River in 1953. We walked a lot of corridors in that dam going over one of the penstocks feeding the big turbines in the power room at the base of the dam. Boulder is over 650 feet high or deep, however, you want to look at it.
Don’t let him fool you that water below the dam is not cold. It’s freezing 🥶 cold lol if you are in a sit in kayak below the dam at the JFK campground your but freezes from the cold coming through the plastic lol it’s not bad in a sit on kayak 😊
We've kayaked the Little Red River in November. A very cold thing to do!!
Looks like you got a little anxiety down there in the bottom
An he's right a few hours out side is a hole lot better then a hand full meds....my little boy he gets made if he can't go out side an play...he loves nature...I just couldn't see letting him wast a way behind a TV or Xbox or iPhone all day..... that's not good for any really but really affects younger people
I agree. Have you ever heard of the 1000 Hours Outside challenge?
@@AllAboutArkansasTravels no I haven't heard of that??
@@joshjones3408 It's just a challenge to get your children and yourself outside for at least 1000 hours every year. They have little tracker coloring pages that you can print off to keep track of each hour outside and it keeps the kids motivated www.1000hoursoutside.com/
Take all the dam pictures you want...
@@katherineaustin1548 exactly 😁
Did the core of engineers build the movie Studio that they filmed the moon landing on?
@@lawrencejneuser8801 haha!