Look at the green spot of grass on the right at 3:00 and compare it to 4:45 Water rises in a matter of minutes, seconds really. That's why the horn was blowing for so long, to warn people down the stream to clear out! Engineering and nature are a beautiful combination.
I always enjoyed watching the BAGNELL DAM open, at Lake of the Ozarks when they opened all the gates, such an exciting moment to watch. Everyone stands and says WOW look at that, a beautiful site. My grand father & several great uncles, cousins helped build the Bagnell Dam.
I live near the Allatoona Dam which is very similar in design. I've seen the overflow gates open a few times, but have never been there when they were opening them. I used to live in Athens when I was a kid and my parents would take me to Lake Hartwell and the dam. It's always been beautiful there! Thanks for sharing this! This was interesting to watch them open and great to see it again after many years.
The man in the blue checkered shirt and white hat looks just like a friend of mine who has since passed away. A man I miss dearly. Today I saw an angel in a video on UA-cam. Thank you for posting this video.
My grandmother and aunt live near there-Lake Hartwell is about halfway between Pickens and Clemson, so I have lots of memories of driving by it when we went to visit my maternal grandmother over in Clemson (she died when I was 15). Never saw the dam in action until now-WAY cool!
@@captaintraction4024 yeah it's quite annoying but the fact is I've been saved by one of these horns before being down river below a dam. They let them off for a few minutes on purpose to let people know and give them time. Plus believe it or not that one's not even that annoying.
@@flaminmongrel6955 agreed. Ive been fishing and witness the water rise 8-10ft in minutes. Thats why they dont do it all at once. It would be catastrophic
Wow , that's really cool , I've never seen this before , take all the dam pictures you want is a famous line from National Lampoons Vacation when they was at the Hoover Dam , thanks for showing us this !!!! 👍😃🌊
Now I'm scared of dams and I can't stop thinking about getting sucked into the spillway or forced underwater by the current, just remembered that these beasts are nothing compared to low headed dams aka drowning machines
Before the dam, we use to make log rafts to go down the keowee river. Spent the summer swimming in the river and going to lake issaqueena. Camped there all the time.
i live in fairly close proximity to the columbia gourge here in oregon/washington and there are at least 3 MASSIVE hydro electric dams that stretch across that river just from here to bend oregon. i guarantee theres more down the river towards seattle.
@@alan30189 yes but there is always a possibility, what if the siren fails to go off or a kayaker ignores the warnings or the dam fails or ruptures or has an emergency release
I hope when they rebuild the 2 dams that just breached in mid-Michigan 2 weeks ago, that people can see this kind of thing and not whole lakes gone and the destruction that never needed to happen because they were not maintained. This was awesome to watch and that horn was amazing. How often does this occur and where is this? Thank you for sharing.
The Democratic Party of Death would not allow the owner to lower the lake levels to protect thousands of freshwater mussles. They took him to Court to make him stop lowering the water. Three days later the dam failed by Democrat Court order.
@@theonewhoknows2 He doesn't have a clue lol. Environmentalist had nothing to do with the dams failure. Shoddy construction. Epic 100 year flood and a spillway that couldn't be opened far enough caused the failure.
We have a place on the Cumberland River in Kentucky. The house is 6 miles downstream of the dam & it takes 8 hours for the water to drop after they've stopped generating electricity. The water can rise in seconds though.
Hummmm what is so spectacular in this . We have dam too in Quebec and they open it when the water is too low in the lake .. this is nothing to get impress
Sir. That is thousands of gallons of water coming at you at about 60+ mph. Your car would be swept away faster than you can say "holy fuck my Lincoln can't survive this"
Look at the green spot of grass on the right at 3:00 and compare it to 4:45
Water rises in a matter of minutes, seconds really. That's why the horn was blowing for so long, to warn people down the stream to clear out!
Engineering and nature are a beautiful combination.
My pappa was in the army Corp of engineers he helped build this dam
It's a cool dam
For sure he did lmao
Noice
U lying
@@mc_capo3785 no way of knowing
The real show starts at 2:46. Thank me later. Enjoy.
Doing a service to the community. Thanks.
thank you so much
Legend
Thanks
I always enjoyed watching the BAGNELL DAM open, at Lake of the Ozarks when they opened all the gates, such an exciting moment to watch. Everyone stands and says WOW look at that, a beautiful site.
My grand father & several great uncles, cousins helped build the Bagnell Dam.
I live near the Allatoona Dam which is very similar in design. I've seen the overflow gates open a few times, but have never been there when they were opening them. I used to live in Athens when I was a kid and my parents would take me to Lake Hartwell and the dam. It's always been beautiful there! Thanks for sharing this! This was interesting to watch them open and great to see it again after many years.
My granddaddy took me on a tour of this dam in the late 1970s, can still remember those massive turbines spinning inside.
The man in the blue checkered shirt and white hat looks just like a friend of mine who has since passed away. A man I miss dearly. Today I saw an angel in a video on UA-cam. Thank you for posting this video.
My grandmother and aunt live near there-Lake Hartwell is about halfway between Pickens and Clemson, so I have lots of memories of driving by it when we went to visit my maternal grandmother over in Clemson (she died when I was 15). Never saw the dam in action until now-WAY cool!
Horn blasts are mandatory for those downstream, especially those that are fishing
Yeah but that long for down stream? Would the local authority have warned them that the dam was going to be released?
Screw the fishing and worry about any homes, business and lives.
Yea i dont think people realize how fast the water rises.
@Mike Smith tragedy like that are the worst as they are easily prevented
that's the key of F#
Came here to watch a dam release a heap of water, ended up on the toilet after listening to the brown note for too long.
😅😅😅😅😅😅
God that horn is amazing
Sounds like the standard horn on a 18-wheeler, but like....a lot of them, LOL
So amazing, that its annoying! So annoying, that you want to put a bullet in it!
At first I couldn’t hear it since parents are alsleep but yes it’s amazing
@@captaintraction4024 yeah it's quite annoying but the fact is I've been saved by one of these horns before being down river below a dam. They let them off for a few minutes on purpose to let people know and give them time.
Plus believe it or not that one's not even that annoying.
@@togglefire3537 I can't really argue with that.
Thank you for this footage!
Your awesome for posting this video. Loved it!
How many came on here to see it all go at once.... Especially after longest dramatic horn ever?! Lol
todd hunter 😀
The long horn was to warn people down stream.
You would be surprised to see what happens to people who are in the stream.
@@flaminmongrel6955 agreed. Ive been fishing and witness the water rise 8-10ft in minutes. Thats why they dont do it all at once. It would be catastrophic
@@kenziyt3912 Indeed. The dam would probably crumble if every tainter/flood gate were to open all at once.
ill be"damned" i just love this damn it lol
Lmao that was cool, never thought I would laugh so much at the damn thing
Are you proud of yourself? So stupid.
@@jackmehoffe9662 How??? People can always be proud of themselves dumbass. lol. why you judging him for it??
Wow , that's really cool , I've never seen this before , take all the dam pictures you want is a famous line from National Lampoons Vacation when they was at the Hoover Dam , thanks for showing us this !!!! 👍😃🌊
You know where I can get some dam bait lmao gotta love Eddie
@@lesliegauthier9900 Hahaha , yeah I love that movie , it's a classic !!! 😂😂😂
My fear of dams will never disappear
Read “The Chill” by Scott Carson. You’ll be even more afraid 😆
Now I'm scared of dams and I can't stop thinking about getting sucked into the spillway or forced underwater by the current, just remembered that these beasts are nothing compared to low headed dams aka drowning machines
MrRexyChomp m
@@mrrexychomp9829 And the low headed dams look friendly.
@@mrrexychomp9829 idk itd hurt pretty bad to get sucked into one of those gates and then chucked onto the rocks below
Before the dam, we use to make log rafts to go down the keowee river. Spent the summer swimming in the river and going to lake issaqueena. Camped there all the time.
That is AWESOME!!!! The nearest dan closest to me is at turtle creek reservoir.
i live in fairly close proximity to the columbia gourge here in oregon/washington and there are at least 3 MASSIVE hydro electric dams that stretch across that river just from here to bend oregon. i guarantee theres more down the river towards seattle.
When you think you have a great view , there’s always that one guy
Why I find this soothing, I don't know, but thanks for posting this.
I did not know there was a Hartwell dam and have lived in Greenville for 36 years.
0.06 Microseconds .... thats about two and a half decade .... Amazing
Thank you for all the comments. I was confused. I thought they were just going to clean the spillways.
Dam ...that horn ...
Just tremendous power and an awesome spectacul to watch
Spillway’s are the coolest things i swear
Wow, they went Full Monty with those gates huh.......
That is quite a horn. Takes so much work and expense to build just one dam.
in the key of F# :D
Must be just one guy running to open them!
Like Plankton in Band Geeks
They actually do it so that the water level rises a little slower. Staggering the release is alot easier on the land than if they did it all at once.
Now i have that image in my head!😹
Not sure Why or How I got this video in my recommend, watched it was Actually Really Kool
Cause it’s a cool piece of technology for a cool individual such as yourself!
Same..
The siren set such a high pace, that was one hell of an anticlimax though
This was pretty dam cool!
Same here
DAMN! That is awesome.
That alarm at the beginning, means, “Get the hell out of the pool!” LOL! Or, “paddle like hell!”
Well said
Imo anyone who is in the water downstream within 1000 yards of a dam is nuts. The amount of water those things can release freaks me out.
Imagine being under the spillway know that at any moment an impossible amount of water could come pouring down at any second
@@mrrexychomp9829 Alarms go off well before any water release and I’m sure there are warning signs everywhere along the river.
@@alan30189 yes but there is always a possibility, what if the siren fails to go off or a kayaker ignores the warnings or the dam fails or ruptures or has an emergency release
Someone saw a tik tok n wondered here
Quantum Zerelth the one where they jumped yes
Yess😂😂
@@phoebenorris5273 me😂
Omg ye ahahah
HAHAHHA ME
A great dam video. ♡ T.E.N.
I've never seen 12 opened before, 5 at the most, pretty cool
What do you mean
@@db0a1 there's 12 gates in the dam
All this, built by puny little humans.
Phillip Mulligan yes sir
Yes. Back when men built structures right. Unlike soft ass Liberals today.
peter d slave labor makes your mansion bigger
@@davidtheobald4725 omg! Let me guess, Trump fake fan
My grandpa a ww11 vet helped build this dam asshole
What a long horn blow. I bet it got annoying for that long. Lol but that view of the dam is awesome. Neat how they open each water way one by one.
Southern Railfan They have to sound the alarm long enough for any swimmers or boaters to get out
That’s exactly the kind of horn I want on my car!
You can definitely win the rush hour traffic horn blaring contest in movies
Skip to 2:40 for the end of the annoying horn.
Great trout fishing!!
Are these events announced prior to water releases?
I hope when they rebuild the 2 dams that just breached in mid-Michigan 2 weeks ago, that people can see this kind of thing and not whole lakes gone and the destruction that never needed to happen because they were not maintained.
This was awesome to watch and that horn was amazing. How often does this occur and where is this? Thank you for sharing.
The Democratic Party of Death would not allow the owner to lower the lake levels to protect thousands of freshwater mussles. They took him to Court to make him stop lowering the water. Three days later the dam failed by Democrat Court order.
@@stevewallace1117 8
@@stevewallace1117 source?
@@theonewhoknows2
He doesn't have a clue lol. Environmentalist had nothing to do with the dams failure. Shoddy construction. Epic 100 year flood and a spillway that couldn't be opened far enough caused the failure.
That dam sure did have a lot of beans last night. Geez!!
2:28 You’ll thank me later
Thank you.....later
Sound like a like a big Choo choo twain!
This in long exposure photography 😍
I 20 mins away from Hartwell
This was on my birthday
Imagine swimming and u hear the siring for it’s about to open
what kinda goofy siren do they use to sound it before it opens?
We have a place on the Cumberland River in Kentucky. The house is 6 miles downstream of the dam & it takes 8 hours for the water to drop after they've stopped generating electricity. The water can rise in seconds though.
How awesome!!!!!
It starts at 2:47
I always like to learn about some dam information ! LoL
So beautiful
Hey Jason you Grampa is a vet and he help build the dam now that’s sick my grandpa worked for Decatur county sheriff in Georgia
All the incredible things humanity can do it makes u wonder why the world is such a cruel and unfair place
Video starts @ 2:45
Nice camera work.
Dam that's cool
Thanks
Point of interest. Right here is where the Savanah River begins
It would be cool af to be standing on one of those gate towers when they open those gates.
When she said "doesn't seem like that much does it" I was just like "By the end I think she might change her mind" lol
dam that's alot of water!
This is in my hometown of Anderson, South Carolina.
Jio
The bounce of the horns……..
Flood protection??
Cool !!!
I live close to this dam
DAMN!!!
2.30 of wasted video of a damn horn blowing. You could have really left that out lmao
I know what you mean, I fast forwarded it.
That’s what I came for
Yeah cause you could injure your finger skipping the video ahead.
Maravilhoso
I like that horn. To aware those people on water
You can take all the dam pictures
Rain! IS! LIFE!
2:48...
Ok here on 07-12-2020
New style Corona Vaca
The it one dam horn, the long horns must own it
how did it not like overflow at the bottom or how did the water not rise up it looks un affected at the bottom ya know ?
It's flowing into a river the water is flowing down stream.
At least the siren is long enough to where if you were down there you had time to get out
Had to skip that horn lmao
To this day the horn is still going.....
This is when it start to put out the water 2:48
The mini Niágara Falls in ????? place. Jajajajajajaja
Hummmm what is so spectacular in this . We have dam too in Quebec and they open it when the water is too low in the lake .. this is nothing to get impress
What’s the loud horn
Cool!🙂
Had a friend in hi school lost his bro to the water under a dam in texas couldnt get out fast enough
where is the siren located? or horns?
Thats it ? Thats almost as exciting as going down to the Ford dealer and watching the bumpers rust
Is that Bigee Smalls in the white hat?
👍👍
That's what everyone is afraid of? My Lincoln can survive that
Sir. That is thousands of gallons of water coming at you at about 60+ mph. Your car would be swept away faster than you can say "holy fuck my Lincoln can't survive this"
@@jamanwithdakush9617 with all due respect, I'm pretty sure his statement was dripping with sarcasm. :)
@Mysterious Stranger From Arizona what Lincoln is that. Cuz the biggest one I've seen is about the size of a speedboat. The older ones
Next, were gonna go watch them change the transformer on 5th street. Tomorrow we'll watch them paint new lines on the freeway.....👍
Hartwell Dam Release June 19 2018
2:57
I didn’t know people gather up to watch water move.
whats even worse is that people watch youtube videos of it and then feel the need to comment.
Drinkwhiskwyraisehell You perfectly described yourself. I was making a joke. I am glad that we both agree though 😂😂