Hoover Dam construction time lapse video

[joey7286]

where is the cube ??

[brainey001]

so there was no water there before

where did all that water came from ?

is there a river going into that lake or only rain water ?

[whirrandchime]

@brainey001 they diverted the river by blasting 2 huge tunnels around the dam site so they could build the dam.

[BryceFilmz]

@brainey001 the water gradually built up.

[TemeculaValleyLapse]

It probably will have been destroyed by nature 100 years from now.

[caddman68]

cool video ty vry much

[ThePunjab2010]

amazing piece of engineering...hats ofF to US.

[OxBlueCorporation]

Also like the construction time-lapse at oxblue.com/demos/time_lapse_mo­vies and the i580 bridge currently under construction just north of the Hoover Dam at "factory.oxblue.com/client/gal­ena/"

[telemetry9]

The dam was and is an ecological tragedy. The colorado delta was one of the most beautiful and diverse on the planet.

Please let the river flow to the sea again. It doesn't belong to anyone - it belongs to everyone.

[rpstephe1]

@telemetry9 Huh???? The dam was built to control the Colorado River which, left unchecked meant for droughts and floods. How did the ecosystem of a desert benefit from this?

[telemetry9]

Floods are an important part of maintaining the health of the colorado. Without these annual floods, salt cedar has invaded the river banks as well as other invasive plants.

The river actually created the lower parts of california as it deposited silt over millenia. The river delta was truly a wonder but is now a desert.

The dams are a relic of the past and native fish are dying in the cold waters created by the dams. Millions of people now rely on the colorado but for how much longer?

[ApolloWasReal]

@telemetry9 The hydroelectric station at Hoover Dam also generates 2 gigawatts of electricity without generating any CO2 whatsoever. I consider that an environmental plus.

[telemetry9]

It was only a plus for utility companies. The hoover dam was and is an ecological disaster. The amount of water lost through evaporation alone in lake mead is enormous. This technology is a relic of the victorian era and actually compounds water shortage problems.

If the river ran naturally there would be a surplus of water as evaporation would effectively drop by 90%. Underground aquifers would once again fill up along the course of the river - enabling farmers to take what they need.

[ApolloWasReal]

@telemetry9 I'd say it's also a plus for the planet, as every kilowatt-hour generated at Hoover Dam (or any other hydroelectric plant) saves a kilogram of CO2 that would otherwise be dumped into the atmosphere by a coal-fired power plant.

Hydro plants are also easy to dispatch, so they're ideal for grid regulation. This will be increasingly important as wind and solar generation ramps up.

[telemetry9]

The colorado delta was a very special place. A desert jungle maintained by the river's sediment and floods. Fish were in abundance.

I can't imagine what happened through 1936 as lake mead filled and the delta was denied its rights of water. Jaguar and deer and countless lagoons and trees would have slowly perished.

Geologically - the river also maintained the coast line and actually created parts of southern california.

GET RID OF THESE TOXIC RELICS FROM THE PAST. ie. Dams.

[Supermassively]

@telemetry9 Who gives a shit?

[middletech]

I never saw this before. It was cool!

[CallahanSFPD]

Time lapse "Video?"  Maybe they had VCR in 1932...

[imowtflol]

@CallahanSFPD A "video" was made from the photos they took during construction. Now pull your head in and fuck off dickhead.

[gcollin75]

Oh snap, that was fast.

[saurabhCherished]

Aegis!!

[SinnFein4ever]

Hoover Dam was actually built on land that the government had orrigionally promised to Native Americans.

The local Native Americans asked them not to go through with building it, but the government just didn't give a dam.

;)

[zombiesphere]

@SinnFein4ever they had to hide megatron i think the redskins would understand

[37zeus37]

@SinnFein4ever

The government did give a dam - a great big fuckin' dam!

[marshan3q]

cool

[marshan3q]

They're building that around Megatron

[HoNoRaTo1996]

@marshan3q the cube spark or whatever its called

[MJ1234765]

@marshan3q lol really? did u really have to point that out? :)

[MJ1234765]

Respond to this video...  I wonder where they put the water as their building it..

[08raingirl]

@MJ1234765 the water on the high side (now) wasnt on that high level back then, thats the story about the hoover dam, thanks to building the dam, there's a water supply (the lake), the water can only pass little by little so the waterlevel stays high on 1 side, didnt happen in 1 day.

[MJ1234765]

@08raingirl Thank you!

[Supermassively]

@marshan3q Megatron isn't real. Get a life.

[marshan3q]

@Supermassively WHAT!!!! HE'S NOT REAL!!!???? MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN A LIE!!!! *SOB* Thanks for setting me straight random person.

[Supermassively]

@marshan3q No problem.

[SaberTanker22]

I been to hover dam and even inside of it amazing down there and its huge and going back this November engineering is amazing some times.

[transdrole]

Well if YOU had to hold back a lake you'd probably be big n' fat also lol.

[Barnakos]

he hehe he

Is this a ''god dam'' ?

he hehehe he

[nniFymereJ]

I saw that when we went there lol

[ParallaxFilm]

Ahhh looks like it's growing by itself!

[11nets]

making a video like this fun, easy, and cool with the "Life Camera - become Noah!" iPhone app released yesterday!

[MrMadden73]

Now thats how you build something,no breaks!

[MarvinSanti]

They poured in the concrete in segments becase otherwise it would've taken aprox. 100 years for the inner concrete to dry.

[dp100eboggan]

On TV, one of the dam's supervisors said some of the concrete near the bottom of the dam hasn't even cured yet even after all these decades.. They built the hell out of that thing.

[fernfeyes]

That's where they keep the emergency crackers in case of national starvation..also serves to absorb the water in case the dam cracks..

[rageohol]

mmmm crackers!

[tecna64]

some parts are but not the entire dam, it would waste the use of being a dam, it needs to be a solid mass to be able to withstand millions of kubic gallons of water

[pegobuilders]

one of the geat wonders of the modern world

[Asonansi]

This project is designed by a civil engineer named Frank Crowe which died on 1946. =(

[waynescooby]

Frank Crowe was one of my childhood heroes when i learned about his work on this project. I passed over the dam recently and i believe his home from the construction era still exists in Boulder City, NV

[cancunpilot1]

i live their

[pRetzx]

and you can't spell there

[shadow789123]

it was originally called the boulder dam.

[cancunpilot1]

correct!

[sectra2121]

Is a nice video.

I just wonder how long did it take to build this.

[badub]

April 20, 1931 -- March 1, 1936

[MrUnidyne]

One year ahead of schedule and two million dollars under budget!

[sevegarza]

I never new there was a time-laps video of this. Cool!

[Chocosizzles]

That's cool.

[junnelarandia]

really really really amazing video.....two thumbs up

[JasonJason210]

That's an amazing film. Thanks.

[xxxxjesusfreakxxxx]

kewlz

[FALL0FMAN]

were ants

[rageohol]

no, we are gods.

[MushroomPictures]

great vid but bad film quality

[pugtronix]

Wow!

[default99telecom]

Uncle Slickem is in that Dam still curing.

[okthenimfine]

THAT IS AWESOME