How U.S. Ambition Took on the Might of the Colorado River

For the vast majority of U.S. history, the Colorado River was an untamable force. But in 1929, Herbert Hoover announced the start of a project that aimed to harness its power.
From the Series: America in Color: The Wild West bit.ly/2Oi1PW7

[@ho2cultcha]

back when america wasn't afraid to take risks!

[@Alexanderbuilds2001]

Those were the days
I would of loved to be around during this time.

[@Alexanderbuilds2001]

Daniel Rozefort well today people could die from COVID-19
So.

[@bjjkickboxing7876]

@@Alexanderbuilds2001 polio wa 1000 times worse. And no matter who you are, how much treatment you get amd how healthy you were, polio was still gonna get you.

[@notbot8830]

@@bjjkickboxing7876 not if you were from George Carlin’s neighborhood. They were tempered in raw sewage

[@elcamino5145]

I've been there.. massive scale great half day trip from Vegas

[@bliztix2]

El Camino it’s like an hour away

[@elcamino5145]

@@bliztix2 yes.. but I spent about three hours there and drove back.. half day

[@crowd3dspac3s]

This would be something worth seeing. The scale and ingenuity is astonishing.

[@thomasalvarez6456]

* Caesars Legion wants to know your location

[@the_carr_fan]

Looks like I have visited this place in GTA SA

[@thedailybibleverseawordfro8922]

I'm thankful because you're make our nation rich...

[@meshackharrison6916]

Incredible!

[@yuurishibuya4797]

The place, Decepticons decided to hide! Keep searching you might find Star Scream

[@Flatearth69]

Amazing

[@andreykugel-polozov6542]

"How the U.S. dried out the Colorado River"

[@mattj500]

It's still there it just doesnt reach all the way to the gulf anymore. The estuary died out.

[@gizzyguzzi]

@@mattj500 And the dolphins died.

[@mattj500]

@@gizzyguzzi there's barely any dolphins anywhere anymore.

[@gizzyguzzi]

@@mattj500 That's not anywhere near correct. But the unique to the gulf dolphins are done for. Stealing all the freshwater of the Colorado made the salinity spike. Killing the gulf, fishing sucks now thanks California!

[@mattj500]

@@gizzyguzzi almost half are either endangered or vulnerable so idk

[@timsmith6675]

Now, that's a President!

[@blakecrawford-3204]

This voice is so often used for Dictators and purges, It's heartening to think of him getting a break.

[@barbarusbloodshed6347]

"Six companies had to work together" - (instead of competing?!?) - collaboration really is a foreign thing to Americans, isn't it?

[@cantthinkofnameyeah7249]

You're just being naive its not common for multiple construction companies to work on the same job. How do you not recall the narrator saying construction companies specifically. Whoosh, listening and being smart are to great qualities.

[@mattj500]

Generalizations like that make you sound really unintelligent. I would advise you to stop.

[@iamgroot1450]

Cant think of name Yeah Two*

[@Lobobaggins86]

The irony is California is dry now.

[@lcx85]

Megatron is housed inside that dam

[@CCDProductions]

Maybe all that unused colorado water running into the sea was a part of the balance of earth

[@crystal2746]

It produces over "4 billion kilowatts" of power? That's not correct, and poor use of units. "Each year" does not work in this way.
Installed capacity in the Hoover dam is around 2GW, not 4000GW. (if only it did)
If its "Kilowatt hours", then its still not accurate. It produces around 3.5TWh per year. Not "over 4"

[@comic4relief]

I also noticed the watts-per-time mistake. Why does this happen?

[@kongengorm3360]

When america made millions of people move into a desert and now (surprise to americans) the water is running out. Great job americans.

[@doomoo5365]

They say if just 1% of the water is allowed to reach the Gulf of California that it could save critically endangered species. And help the human populations immeasurably creating big fishery from the plume of nutrients.

[@carlostorres4538]

well mexico has water rights too, its stored at lake havasu and lake mojave

[@corvidae2013]

and now the river is all drying up -_-

[@maxmuller8633]

Man, wish America was a vassal of England, how fun would that be

[@mattj500]

It's almost like that happened 200 year ago

[@dkelban]

I doubt if we could do this today, given the squabbling hypocrites and babies in our government

[@CEYNOYKURUVILA]

hi yt

[@RAVITEJA-ge8zo]

This hoover dam is beaten more than a dead snake.

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tommy carmichael michael balsamo dennis rickrash.

[@bismanaufa5618]

Please let the river flow naturally

[@vlanouldvlan7884]

and they outsourced the most dangerous job to the native people (hanging on ropes down cliffs to put dynamite) ..... 😒

[@HebaruSan]

Nah, whites did that work too, the documentary just wants to spotlight certain folks

[@bliztix2]

Vlan Ould Vlan ignorant comment, there was plenty of dangerous work for everyone

[@vlanouldvlan7884]

@@bliztix2 if you can't see that i was quoting the narrator of the documentary then i don't know who's the ignorant here

[@andreleivas936]

Bluthe ca

[@kennethwilliams7731]

In todays world,with lawyers and anti-American sentiment! This project would have never gotten built!

[@gizzyguzzi]

And the Sea of Cortez is dying. Thanks a lot!