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The hard hat was an invention by a rock scaler at the site. He turned 2 baseball caps back to front and dipped them in tar several times till they hardened.
The graphics are retro and minimalistic, while at the same time being extremely informative, clearly presenting each particular idea or concept. It's brilliant!
Thank you. All the folks that created and produced this video of Hoover Dam should feel good that they provided a public good for all. A wonderful presentation.
Yes--thank you for recognizing them. Their hard work and brains gave us a much higher standard of life than they had. My dad was born in '24, so too young to have worked on the dam, but its engineering always awed him. And of course, to men his age, it was always Boulder Dam.
I have been there many times and it is something to see in person you can't really appreciate it until you have been there amazing feat of engineering.
“A place called ‘Boulder’ on the wide Colorado… I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below…They buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound… But I am still around…”
My dad worked on the dam. In order to be hired he lied an said he was a welder. He ended up being an office worker. Used to have a photo of him standing in a huge concrete pipe probably 20 feet in diameter. Maybe part of the diversion tunnels. Also a photo of him at the bottom of the spillway. Very scary to see the enormity of it all. And to think that was done in the early 30s with what now would be primitive equipment and slide rules instead of computers. How did those engineers figure all that stuff out? Mind blowing!
The engineers used the technology available at the time because the Government said build it! Ever wonder what it would look like if built today? If it wasn't built would there have been a Las Vegas Or Los Angeles today?
The basic principles of physics were well known long before the dam was built. Doing all the calculations with slide rules wasn't difficult, it was just a lot of hard work to do and check all the sums. The people who did the calculations that way in those days were known as "computers". Much more advanced things were designed using slide rules, like Concorde for example!
The graphics are retro and minimalistic, while at the same time being extremely informative, clearly presenting each particular idea or concept. It's brilliant!
We take so much for granted 😢 This short educational post really helps in our understanding of how complicated the project and the tremendous complicated construction equipment that needed to be manufactured to undergo the the completed project that STILL stands today. Later, I loved to hear at the dam’s visitors center that they retrofitted the old generators to the latest advanced generators that greatly increased the power output of electrical wattage. What an accomplishment, Hats off to all of you that built that useful structure and the people that lost their lives for it. THANK YOU!❤
Fantastic tribute, really, the the brains and brawn of hardworking guys. This video is fascinating in itself, but also recognizes the hard work and serious application of intelligence that gave us a much higher standard of life than our grandparents had. My dad was born in '24, so too young to have worked on the dam, but its engineering always awed him. And of course, to men his age, it was always "Boulder" Dam.
I love that this type of Ai generation of content isn't slop. It's actually of value and you learn something. It's almost like the old days of text to speech videos where you make the script, have the Ai read it, then make the animation afterwards.
Pretty sure this is the best recommendation by Yt presented to me this year. Love everything about this video and can't wait to see what videos from here are next! 🎉❤
Watching from UK. Hope i get to Visit this one day as it blows my mind on the Size and work that was given to this dam all those years ago . A true World wonder at the top for me.
300 feet of digging through millions of years of muck and rocks never seen by man ever would be kinda cool IMO. Amazing piece of engineering, I visited the dam twice and took the tour down inside, worth it.
Also about the construction of the diversion tunnels, in pictures they had to put steel grates at the entrance where the water would flow through and out of the other side to prevent large rocks getting sucked into the tunnel and clogging it up
My grandfather worked on Boulder (Hoover) Dam and later on, worked on Glen Canyon Dam. I remember visiting him while he was working on Glen Canyon, his eyes were always bloodshot from the sandstone dust created from his jackhammer. Lived into his 90's.
Very interesting, and to understand how water generates electricity, great engineering, technology and hard work of all the workers involved in this project construction From Washington DC
When I watch the 1930's documentary on the building of Hoover Dam I was really impressed by the construction of the extensive infrastructure before the work even started on the dam itself.
its crazy how much effort goes into building a single pier. Lovely explanation and summary of the whole process. Ive always wondered how this is done when looking at a bridge
Shaft brake, I imagine, applying just a small amount of pressure to slow it slightly down until it is in phase and then lock it in to the grid and release the brake. Also water gate adjustment works
@@insideoutsideupsidedown2218 well maybe it was a different temperature area in that specific area because we were in a dude ranch and the temperature was like 90°F
Our visit to the dam was awe inspiring. Its sheer size is amazing, and the guided tour inside the dam is one we will never forget. An engineering masterpiece that is unmatched. However, with the dwindling water level in Lake Mead, the dam's usefulness for generating electricity has been seriously hampered. Hopefully, weather conditions will reverse this downward spiral of Lake Mead's capacity to store water. Excellent video.
I love the hoover Dam and its industrial aspects. This video has some interesting facts that most other videos don't. Despite it using animation, it's a great video.
“ Tunnel boring machines unpopular at the time”?? They simply did not exist for hard rock tunnels. First introduced in the 1950’s. Also the jumbos did not drill sideways as the illustration shows.
My great grandfather worked on the dam. My grandpa told me stories about it. He said when someone fell into the concrete they would sound a whistle alarm and everyone would take a moment of silence then they would all continue working. The dam contains the skeletons of the fallen.
@@edgarplett5863 you think they poured it a foot at a time? What a joke. 😀 I've laid foundations for buildings that were poured 10ft plus at a time. You should look into how they did the construction if you don't believe it. The majority of it was built with pre made blocks yes but there was also the lower foundation of it that had to be blasted/dug then set with concrete. There were guys on rope a pulley set ups moving material and setting blast charges after they drilled into the mountain. A lot died from cave ins that buried them so the bodies are most definitely still there. You do realize they had to excavate mass amounts of the mountain before the construction even began right? Also in what world do you think a company responsible for all of that would publicly admit fault for the deaths of people? Some men fell a hundred or more feet into the ravines. There was no way to recover them that didn't risk more lives. Some men were saved if possible but most weren't even attempted. My grandpa and my great grandfather were both veterans of real wars. They wouldn't lie, they had nothing to gain from it. My grandpa was born the same year his father worked on it. I have photos from them that are probably considered confidential. My granpa had some of the highest level of national security clearance imaginable. Some of which aren't even in text books. I think I'll believe him over you and Google. 👍
@@edgarplett5863 odd how youtube keeps removing my reply. Almost like they don't want the truth out. 🤔 The majority of the main dam was pre fabricated blocks yes. But before those were brought in they had to blast the mountain sides on either side very deep. Many guys were lowered in with ropes/cables to drill and set charges. They poured a lot of concrete in the mountain sides and under the dam to establish a base. Under all of the blocks is a lot of deep pours. I doubt his father would lie about losing friends there. He was a vet as was my grandpa. They saw stuff he didn't tell anyone and stuff he told many people, but he was no liar. He had photos of a lot of it. His family wasn't poor so they had cameras even when most didn't care about film. He was always big into photography and engineering because his father was. My grandpa was a civil engineer and line runner in the first war he served. I have his old albums somewhere. There's some brutal photos I saw after he passed that he never showed me but he said were in there if I look. You don't have to believe me. I'm just sharing what I had heard and seen photos of. If I find the albums in my stuff I'll try to upload some for you.
@@vinceruland9236 you don't have to believe me. I don't seek approval from strangers, I just enjoy sharing history. My great grandfather was one of the engineers that helped in the design of the dam. He personally knew many of the workers as well as met FDR at the ceremony they held there. My grandpa was born April 9th 1934 and was a baby while his father helped finish the dam. They were fortunate to be somewhat wealthy during the great depression due to his father. Do you know what it was called before Hoover dam?
I come from a family of engineers. (I chose a sales career). Engineers are a different breed. Great problem solvers, gifted with great knowledge,autism spectrum, arrogant .
great video! you really highlighted some fascinating aspects of the hoover dam that i hadn't considered before. but honestly, i'm a bit skeptical about how much of a marvel it really is compared to modern engineering feats. sure, it's impressive for its time, but with today's technology, we can create structures that are even more awe-inspiring. what do you all think?
Brilliant as always! I'd just recommend setting a proper gain on that microphone, as when the guy presents live it is distorting, and it is not the first time it happens:) I wonder if that microphone is really made for this use, or if it is a shotgun kind of mic. Keep up the good work!
I am currently reading the 50 Anniversary book of the Dam and came across your work. All masterpieces in their own ways. All are first class and magnificent pieces of work from the dam, the book and video that each compliment each other. I will now dig out my books on I. K. Brunell…. Sincere thanks.
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5:48 The Story of The Hoover Dam is by far the most comprehensive documentary on the actual construction of the dam. Herbert Hoover, himself an engineer was in a perfect position to work with the Bureau of Reclamation and oversee everything from the bidding to the building. The structure is known as a gravity arch dam which uses the simple physical properties of weight and the distributive properties of an arch. The entire structure is a huge plug in the canyon walls sitting on a huge foundation.
The Colorado has been dammed several times by natural dams created by geologic events. These dams were 10 times larger the Hoover dam. Nature always found a way to remove them over time and kept the river flowing. Nature always wins. She is a very patient lady.
Hai sir.....superb explanation 👌 Please make a video on india's biggest masonry dam "NAGARJUNA SAGAR DAM" It has superb constructional facts. I will help you on this sir
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No audio?
I really enjoy your videos, pls can you make a video on digital potentiometer.
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Good animation
the video is solid, but the random loud music outbursts are terrible, distracting and a pretty big turn off.
A bit of trivia: 96 men died in the construction of this damn. The last man to die was the son of the first man to die. Great video, thanks!
Good pun in the first sentence
It was more than that, it's been Said that the company wanted the number to be less than 100 for the public eye. The real number was more like 110-120
@@PandaTaco that sound about right. Good to know.
It's huge loss of life...
May Allah rest them peace and increase the longevity of the dam...
The hard hat was an invention by a rock scaler at the site. He turned 2 baseball caps back to front and dipped them in tar several times till they hardened.
The graphics are retro and minimalistic, while at the same time being extremely informative, clearly presenting each particular idea or concept. It's brilliant!
This is the video that should be shown at the Hover Dam before the power plant tour. The one they show now was made in 1980 and is horrible.
And 88 years later the dam is still working to perfection and hopefully will continue to serve America for years to come. Great video.
except it's not. there hasn't been a lot of water or power production for quite some time.
That is true. Power output has decreased significantly, and the cost to maintain is being questioned.
It would be working for the next 262 years when it would become a strategic location for the New California Republic
@@duroisgawdpower production is a side note, that wasn’t its main goal. Its main goal was water control.
@@duroisgawdit has never not produced power.
Thank you. All the folks that created and produced this video of Hoover Dam should feel good that they provided a public good for all. A wonderful presentation.
Yes--thank you for recognizing them. Their hard work and brains gave us a much higher standard of life than they had. My dad was born in '24, so too young to have worked on the dam, but its engineering always awed him. And of course, to men his age, it was always Boulder Dam.
I had never imagined Superman with Mjolnir, and here we are
Yeah everything was right but SUPER MAN with HAMMER 😅😂🤣
Superman couldn't use Mjolnir. He went on his drunkard & evil spree when he thought Lois was killed. 🤷🏻♂️😆
Don't forget the snake below!
With thor hammer
He is not worthy
I have been there many times and it is something to see in person you can't really appreciate it until you have been there amazing feat of engineering.
"... I was a dam builder... on a river deep and wide... where steel and water did collide..." Waylen Jennings
He didn't write that song but sang his part well
@@Makeitliquidfast I am guessing the sailor wrote it, because he was a sailor, he was born upon the tide... and with the sea he did abide...
It was so weird having a combination of that, the AI narrator, and the channel creator’s different voices all in my head at the same time
@@jasondashney That song had a lot of iconic voices in it. Willie Nelson and Kris Kristopherson still alive. Waylon and Johnny Cash no longer with us.
“A place called ‘Boulder’ on the wide Colorado… I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below…They buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound… But I am still around…”
The fact this was built in the 1930s is amazing.
That's nothing,now look at the mayan,Egyptian and Roman pyramids and buildings
My dad worked on the dam. In order to be hired he lied an said he was a welder. He ended up being an office worker. Used to have a photo of him standing in a huge concrete pipe probably 20 feet in diameter. Maybe part of the diversion tunnels. Also a photo of him at the bottom of the spillway. Very scary to see the enormity of it all.
And to think that was done in the early 30s with what now would be primitive equipment and slide rules instead of computers. How did those engineers figure all that stuff out? Mind blowing!
The engineers used the technology available at the time because the Government said build it!
Ever wonder what it would look like if built today? If it wasn't built would there have been a Las Vegas
Or Los Angeles today?
We need more big stupid projects like this. They’re what pushes technology and society forward.
Probably one of the 4 penstocks.
The basic principles of physics were well known long before the dam was built. Doing all the calculations with slide rules wasn't difficult, it was just a lot of hard work to do and check all the sums. The people who did the calculations that way in those days were known as "computers".
Much more advanced things were designed using slide rules, like Concorde for example!
60's rocket scientists performed much of their calculations with slide rules. Human "Mentats" performed the calculations necessary for navigation.
"Now, are there any dam questions?"
😂😂😂
Yeah. Is this a god dam?
@@Punchy361beat me to it 😂😂😂
Ya!! Where can I find some dam bait?
@@marcproulx7965 🤣👍🏻
One of the great Engineering channel. I have weatched that construction before but didn’t' know about the gap.Tnx a lot....
These animations are super useful to understand the subjects deeply thanks to your hole team
Wow. This video is art. Thank you, Lesics.
Idk about art but it Def is something
The graphics are retro and minimalistic, while at the same time being extremely informative, clearly presenting each particular idea or concept. It's brilliant!
We take so much for granted 😢 This short educational post really helps in our understanding of how complicated the project and the tremendous complicated construction equipment that needed to be manufactured to undergo the the completed project that STILL stands today. Later, I loved to hear at the dam’s visitors center that they retrofitted the old generators to the latest advanced generators that greatly increased the power output of electrical wattage. What an accomplishment, Hats off to all of you that built that useful structure and the people that lost their lives for it. THANK YOU!❤
I wouldn't call tunnel boring machines unpopular. Technology at the time was the main reason.
The video watches like a fever dream, but sounds perfectly normal. What a bizarre combination.
Special thanks for creating such useful video for us, watching from Bangladesh 🇧🇩
🤚
Please normalize audio levels, commentary is too quiet compared to the sound effects
They’re perfect as-is
Sound lleevels were perfect.
Imagine how many decades it would take to build today
at 3:01 For a second I thought the American engineers strapped x30 50 caliber machine guns ontop of a truck and called it a day. Lmao.
😂😂😂 thats what I thought 😂
Fantastic tribute, really, the the brains and brawn of hardworking guys. This video is fascinating in itself, but also recognizes the hard work and serious application of intelligence that gave us a much higher standard of life than our grandparents had. My dad was born in '24, so too young to have worked on the dam, but its engineering always awed him. And of course, to men his age, it was always "Boulder" Dam.
I loved the live scale model demo of uplift. For all the clarity of the 3D digital models, some concepts benefit from a physical model.
Many years ago I took a tour of the inside of the Hoover Dam. Very impressive & beautiful structure. Sad that the water levels are so low.
Over watering in a desert landscape (Phoenix Metro area)
@@charlesball6519 That doesn’t help, but from what I’ve read, the majority of the water from the Colorado River is allocated to & used in California.
Well with all the rain for the last few years, there should be plenty of water….
that song is so out of the blue. It took me off guard
It's a really enjoyable video and the clever dasigning of the dam surprised me a lot .
It's really amazing information.
Thanks for your informative animation 😊😊😊😊
I love that this type of Ai generation of content isn't slop. It's actually of value and you learn something. It's almost like the old days of text to speech videos where you make the script, have the Ai read it, then make the animation afterwards.
That's not AI generated it's a software called Blender
Pretty sure this is the best recommendation by Yt presented to me this year. Love everything about this video and can't wait to see what videos from here are next! 🎉❤
It is absolutely amazing what genious it took to accomplish this fete. The engineers were extremely efficient and knowledgeable. Great job!
Feat?
Watching from UK. Hope i get to Visit this one day as it blows my mind on the Size and work that was given to this dam all those years ago . A true World wonder at the top for me.
Very helpful , presents a lot of knowledge in very effective way. Being a structural engineer I always enjoy such videos.
300 feet of digging through millions of years of muck and rocks never seen by man ever would be kinda cool IMO. Amazing piece of engineering, I visited the dam twice and took the tour down inside, worth it.
Also about the construction of the diversion tunnels, in pictures they had to put steel grates at the entrance where the water would flow through and out of the other side to prevent large rocks getting sucked into the tunnel and clogging it up
whoever edited this video did an awesome job and needs to be paid more
My grandfather worked on Boulder (Hoover) Dam and later on, worked on Glen Canyon Dam. I remember visiting him while he was working on Glen Canyon, his eyes were always bloodshot from the sandstone dust created from his jackhammer. Lived into his 90's.
Very interesting, and to understand how water generates electricity, great engineering, technology and hard work of all the workers involved in this project construction From Washington DC
When I watch the 1930's documentary on the building of Hoover Dam I was really impressed by the construction of the extensive infrastructure before the work even started on the dam itself.
Great job Lesics
Doctors save lives. Engineers build structures to support lives. Amazing.
Landlords pull buildings and then collect billions in fraudulent insurance claims in NYC
I learned a lot from this dam video
Great video here! Secondly, I'm always blown away at the ingenuity of people back then
I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but...
I don't think a beaver could have built this.
can u prove he didnt?
Pretty sure it was at least two beavers plus Superman.
I visited the dam in the early 00's and the guide said the concrete is still curing. Amazing!
I visited the 9/11 museum and 3000 victims are still missing
Went to this engineering marvel in March. Absolutely breathtaking and amazing!
Just Curious...is there a similar Video about Grand Coulee Dam?...that OTHER incredible Dam that was Built around the same Time.
Fun fact. The first inspiration of the Hoover damn design came from a damn in Oregon
1:38 Is that you, Ms. Snake?
its crazy how much effort goes into building a single pier. Lovely explanation and summary of the whole process. Ive always wondered how this is done when looking at a bridge
How do they synchronize the generators to be in phase and and at the correct frequency? That is the more interesting question.
Shaft brake, I imagine, applying just a small amount of pressure to slow it slightly down until it is in phase and then lock it in to the grid and release the brake. Also water gate adjustment works
Which signal do you guys trade
Yes!!! That's exactly her name ( Ms Olivia Palermo): so many people have recommended highly about her and am just starting with her from Canada🇨🇦
these are scams btw
I remember I went to Hoover Dam with my mother in 2014 for my Christmas present, but we went other places too!
You were smart if you went in December. We went 1 week ago and it was 107 degrees.
@@insideoutsideupsidedown2218 well maybe it was a different temperature area in that specific area because we were in a dude ranch and the temperature was like 90°F
Our visit to the dam was awe inspiring. Its sheer size is amazing, and the guided tour inside the dam is one we will never forget. An engineering masterpiece that is unmatched. However, with the dwindling water level in Lake Mead, the dam's usefulness for generating electricity has been seriously hampered. Hopefully, weather conditions will reverse this downward spiral of Lake Mead's capacity to store water. Excellent video.
I love the hoover Dam and its industrial aspects. This video has some interesting facts that most other videos don't. Despite it using animation, it's a great video.
aw shit is that superman with a thor hammer 🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯
aw shit is that superman with a Thor💯💯💯 vs (?????Hammer???🔥🔥🔥 13:02
A round applause to the 3D guy asking for money at the end.
That's some dam good information.
Hoover Dam is still curing.
The NCR approves this message.
Fuck the NCR!
If they are allowing tours again, go. I went back in the 80’s and you will be completely blown away. Immense scale inside and out.
God I love this channel. I thank you for your hard work
These animations are outrageous 😂😂😂
Random music and a huge water snake bring some badtripesque atmosphere
Best dam(n) video I have seen in a while.
Brilliant thanks for this
The game is so good they actually made the dam.
this is an amazing channel. thanks for illustrating the magnificent engineering wonders
I have visited the Hoover Dam and took the tour, which took us down inside the dam. It was interesting but didn't provide this much info. Great video.
Im not even into this type of thing, but enjoyed watching it nonetheless. Very interesting and well made content.
Incredible engineering 🫡❤️
“ Tunnel boring machines unpopular at the time”?? They simply did not exist for hard rock tunnels. First introduced in the 1950’s. Also the jumbos did not drill sideways as the illustration shows.
its ai generated
@@ganondalf8090 no, it's manually generated using 3D CAD software.
Neither did the AI used to generate the script for this video.
Early TBMs were used in the US in the 1850s.
Interesting, I never thought about the design of the dam.
My great grandfather worked on the dam. My grandpa told me stories about it. He said when someone fell into the concrete they would sound a whistle alarm and everyone would take a moment of silence then they would all continue working. The dam contains the skeletons of the fallen.
Your grandfather was telling tall tales. The pours were only about a foot deep. If someone fell in, they would get up and walk out by themselves.
@@edgarplett5863 you think they poured it a foot at a time? What a joke. 😀 I've laid foundations for buildings that were poured 10ft plus at a time. You should look into how they did the construction if you don't believe it. The majority of it was built with pre made blocks yes but there was also the lower foundation of it that had to be blasted/dug then set with concrete. There were guys on rope a pulley set ups moving material and setting blast charges after they drilled into the mountain. A lot died from cave ins that buried them so the bodies are most definitely still there. You do realize they had to excavate mass amounts of the mountain before the construction even began right? Also in what world do you think a company responsible for all of that would publicly admit fault for the deaths of people? Some men fell a hundred or more feet into the ravines. There was no way to recover them that didn't risk more lives. Some men were saved if possible but most weren't even attempted. My grandpa and my great grandfather were both veterans of real wars. They wouldn't lie, they had nothing to gain from it. My grandpa was born the same year his father worked on it. I have photos from them that are probably considered confidential. My granpa had some of the highest level of national security clearance imaginable. Some of which aren't even in text books. I think I'll believe him over you and Google. 👍
That's a straight myth
@@edgarplett5863 odd how youtube keeps removing my reply. Almost like they don't want the truth out. 🤔 The majority of the main dam was pre fabricated blocks yes. But before those were brought in they had to blast the mountain sides on either side very deep. Many guys were lowered in with ropes/cables to drill and set charges. They poured a lot of concrete in the mountain sides and under the dam to establish a base. Under all of the blocks is a lot of deep pours. I doubt his father would lie about losing friends there. He was a vet as was my grandpa. They saw stuff he didn't tell anyone and stuff he told many people, but he was no liar. He had photos of a lot of it. His family wasn't poor so they had cameras even when most didn't care about film. He was always big into photography and engineering because his father was. My grandpa was a civil engineer and line runner in the first war he served. I have his old albums somewhere. There's some brutal photos I saw after he passed that he never showed me but he said were in there if I look. You don't have to believe me. I'm just sharing what I had heard and seen photos of. If I find the albums in my stuff I'll try to upload some for you.
@@vinceruland9236 you don't have to believe me. I don't seek approval from strangers, I just enjoy sharing history. My great grandfather was one of the engineers that helped in the design of the dam. He personally knew many of the workers as well as met FDR at the ceremony they held there. My grandpa was born April 9th 1934 and was a baby while his father helped finish the dam. They were fortunate to be somewhat wealthy during the great depression due to his father. Do you know what it was called before Hoover dam?
I like the video and the animations. 👍👍👍
DAMN!!!! That was some Dam video!!!
I come from a family of engineers. (I chose a sales career). Engineers are a different breed. Great problem solvers, gifted with great knowledge,autism spectrum, arrogant .
great video! you really highlighted some fascinating aspects of the hoover dam that i hadn't considered before. but honestly, i'm a bit skeptical about how much of a marvel it really is compared to modern engineering feats. sure, it's impressive for its time, but with today's technology, we can create structures that are even more awe-inspiring. what do you all think?
They built this almost 100 years ago and it's still standing. Modern engineering projects/government built roads can't last that long🤔
Brilliant as always! I'd just recommend setting a proper gain on that microphone, as when the guy presents live it is distorting, and it is not the first time it happens:) I wonder if that microphone is really made for this use, or if it is a shotgun kind of mic. Keep up the good work!
I am currently reading the 50 Anniversary book of the Dam and came across your work. All masterpieces in their own ways. All are first class and magnificent pieces of work from the dam, the book and video that each compliment each other. I will now dig out my books on I. K. Brunell….
Sincere thanks.
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talented architects
So elegant.
Also worthy of note this project was completed ahead of schedule and under budget. No way any government project could make that claim today!
Very good presentation. It is quite a large structure that I hope to visit some day.
Thanks!
5:48 The Story of The Hoover Dam is by far the most comprehensive documentary on the actual construction of the dam. Herbert Hoover, himself an engineer was in a perfect position to work with the Bureau of Reclamation and oversee everything from the bidding to the building. The structure is known as a gravity arch dam which uses the simple physical properties of weight and the distributive properties of an arch. The entire structure is a huge plug in the canyon walls sitting on a huge foundation.
I love these graphics
Amazing ❤❤
Please avoide saying "HOORAY", thanks. Good video.
Thanks ❤
Yes of course! Only Superman could have made those moves so effortlessly.
If you're fortunate enough to visit the Hoover Dam, you must take the "Dam Tour" its worthy of your time and money!
This is the video they should show at the Dam Tour. The one they have now was made in 1980.
Close to 100 men died building this dam. They took the ultimate risk for a wage, but society is better for it.
$4 a day
The Colorado has been dammed several times by natural dams created by geologic events. These dams were 10 times larger the Hoover dam. Nature always found a way to remove them over time and kept the river flowing. Nature always wins. She is a very patient lady.
Solar farms are able to generate the same power as the Hover dam. Just not after a hail storm....
Great video
Hai sir.....superb explanation 👌
Please make a video on india's biggest masonry dam "NAGARJUNA SAGAR DAM"
It has superb constructional facts.
I will help you on this sir
Work on background music
In 1930 as well. Amazing.