The barge operator is ridiculously brave. Counting on those bits of remaining concrete to keep from getting washed over and killed. Wow!

@riparianlife97701

8 жыл бұрын

+Clearanceman2 It was chained back to anchors, but still, stuff could go suddenly wrong.

@stevenkluesner9186

8 жыл бұрын

+Docktor Jim Unlikely that anything would go wrong.....but still takes some balls! Similar to other trades....looks dangerous but in all reality, risks are mitigated to a minimum.

@riparianlife97701

8 жыл бұрын

***** Right. With all the rebar in that concrete, you're going to get all excited if a piece of concrete larger than a cheeseburger breaks loose. Still, seeing the water disappear into a misty void must have been a trip the first day or two.

@jijzer4581

8 жыл бұрын

That concrete hold the water for many years as lon as he does not make the gaps to wide and to deep there wil be no danger.

@santoshgayakwad7422

4 жыл бұрын

Clearanceman2 u

I hate how none of these videos last long enough to show you the completed removal.

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment a year ago.

@user-qv8up6fm7d

Жыл бұрын

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@user-qv8up6fm7d

Жыл бұрын

@@duckytv375 цццццц

It's like the opposite of pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps. Fascinating.

Excellent video ! 👍

I love how the spillway in the foreground dries out as the dam is broken.

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 7 years ago.

Very brave, water is a formidible force. Great planning must have gone into this.

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 6 years ago.

@user-qv8up6fm7d

Жыл бұрын

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@user-qv8up6fm7d

Жыл бұрын

@@duckytv375 ццццццццццццццццццццц

Amazing . What man can build . What man can do !

Amazing!

well thanks for explaining.

If you pause video at 48 sec it looks like there is a crack on camera screen. It's just sammy the spider making a web.

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 4 years ago.

Where did all those chunks of concrete go? Did they get cleaned up after the dam was taken down? Seems like you would have to.

I imagine the base of that structure is massive, much much wider than what we can see at the top, it would be not only a massive undertaking but also highly dangerous to work at the bottom, the only safe option working that way would be explosives but even they have their own risks and obviously you would still be contaminating the water...

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 7 years ago.

Wow, that was a crazy technique. I wonder what made them so confident that the massive water flow wouldn't cut through the cement where it's keeping the raft from going over.

@JasonJohnson

9 жыл бұрын

Spillways are cement as well and handle the water just fine for decades and probably centuries. This technique is basically creating new spillways that are a little less pretty but have the same effect. Cement reinforced with rebar is incredibly strong.

@Xc31

9 жыл бұрын

***** they should have let them stand tall, would have been an amazing sight in a couple of years when they are overgrown.

@durangobrando

9 жыл бұрын

joeskis I would imagine that the raft had a pretty strong anchor. I could be wrong, though.

@dunruden9720

6 жыл бұрын

Looked more like concrete to me. Cement is dry powdery stuff.

Dude, where's the rest???

Very true!

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 7 years ago.

It’s funny how originally we thought it was such a earth friendly thing to used dams for power

@bored_gamer212

4 жыл бұрын

You guys are stupid

@samschannel531

3 жыл бұрын

It is earth friendly when done right with a fish ladder. This dam was not done right. What’s more funny is when you people say you want clean energy, you say “wind turbines kill birds” and “dams kill fish” and “nuclear kills people” and “solar kills money”.

@ShashankRockerYo

2 жыл бұрын

Relative to coal and gas it is very good

Clever. Very clever.

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 6 years ago.

Guys on the barge have big balls!

@WackyTabackyy

2 жыл бұрын

How does it float while carrying such huge balls? A marvel of engineering

Wow video

Is it just me, or does that job look dicey AF?

yes your right first a dam made out of dirt is built and then the work starts on the real dam after the water dries

It really depends on how much sediment there is behind the dam and if there are high amounts of toxins in that sediment.

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 7 years ago.

@yashsvidixit7169

Жыл бұрын

@@duckytv375 Hey, you made this comment 2 years ago.

Dam(n)... is still going on as we are waiting for the damn thing to be completed. Dam(n) it!...

Must have been crazy for the fish

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 7 years ago. Yea, they could've drowned.

Wondering how they do this. I'll be damned.

Reading these comments proves why they use engineers instead of idiots to do these things. You have to go to college to be an engineer, you just have to have a pulse to be an idiot.

@robert3302

8 жыл бұрын

+Bob Bitchin Being an idiot is lots more fun. It also makes you more popular.

@frmerrin2

8 жыл бұрын

+Bob Bitchin I've worked with plenty of engineers who may be book smart but who haven't a clue what it takes to do the actual work that they so easily draw on paper.

@dontcrywolf6810

8 жыл бұрын

+frmerrin2 fuck yeah man, in my experience also its usually some booked up engineer straight from the classroom proposing ideas that dont work or are brutually impractical at a reasonable price

@mr.swirly1557

7 жыл бұрын

Bob Bitchin, Fuck you.

Brave man to do that, I pass :-) Awesome sight.

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 9 years ago.

So if you drain the water out of lake like this, do you get a massive pile of fish in the middle of it once it's empty?

What are some reasons people would want to remove a damn?

@jshepard152

Жыл бұрын

Usually they do it so salmon can run up the river again.

Play this backwards, you'll show them building one.

no problem

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 8 years ago.

Oke semangat sukses mantap mampir

how do you even build a dam in the first place.

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 8 years ago.

i want that job

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 5 years ago. Still want the job?

@SaintMarneusCalgar

3 жыл бұрын

@@duckytv375 of course :D

give that man a cookie

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 6 years ago.

That is one brave son of a bitch!

@zaktatack There is a river that was dammed, so the fish will just go downstream and make a some fisherman's day. B-)

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 7 years ago.

@havenbastion

Жыл бұрын

It's more about letting fish get Upstream.

Damn

@RobertTaylor-vd2mw

5 жыл бұрын

The Dam Buster Bomb ... WW2 ....Gone in a flash and a bang ... at least the fish can get UPSTREAM now

YAS!! BRING THEM DOWN

dam....

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 8 years ago.

🆒 vid

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 3 years ago.

Wouldn't it have been better to punch a hole in the bottom to wash out sediments?

i thought u xplod the dam but nvm

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 5 years ago.

they invented tnt for a reason you know

Free the rivers!

@hootowl6354

5 жыл бұрын

Amen. And don't build in flood plains.

@Susie7760

4 жыл бұрын

@Pete R. Puller ???? wackadoodle nonsensical reply, come on! this is about clean water and species safety.

@Susie7760

4 жыл бұрын

@Pete R. Puller the dam is gone. Yay!!

GEE DID ANYBODY THINK TO MARK THE SITE WITH A BRIDGE. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN EXPENSIVE

@robert3302

8 жыл бұрын

+Russ Trevitt Bridges spoil the views, and their abutments intrude on the natural environment. Next campaign is to destroy all the bridges in the country.

@n5ifi

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Coates This is my problem with eviron-wako liberals. You want to do this stuff in your state? I have no problem with and am all for it because that's what you and the citizens of your state want to do. It's the right thing for you and the people that live there. That fantastic but stay the fuck out of my state because I have no fish swimming upstream and I like cheap electricity and a place to fish and swim.

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 6 years ago.

You're at the wrong dam!!!!

@jijzer4581

8 жыл бұрын

Shit :-) lol

@z33c33

8 жыл бұрын

+tryithere Oh well, since I've got all my tools out we might as well get started.

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 5 years ago.

@tryithere

3 жыл бұрын

@@duckytv375 At least.

divert the water and pour concrete

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 8 years ago.

One of those rolling WW2 bombs woulda done the trick, methinks.

@megaxtrime3144

5 жыл бұрын

Your on about the skipping bomb aka the dam buster?

AleluYAH

why did they get rid of the dam?

@Pontiac65Cat

9 жыл бұрын

Killing off salmon, sediment building up behind dam which disrupts the natural flow Rivers need that sediment going through them to maintain their natural state.

@packbadge

9 жыл бұрын

Because dams suck. And the majority of dams in the United States are obsolete and serve no purpose any more.

@zachcoldwell7978

8 жыл бұрын

A True Wisconsinite What about the electricity that comes from the dams?

@riparianlife97701

8 жыл бұрын

Zach Coldwell It's no longer needed. One wind turbine can produce 7 megawatts. Enough to power 1500 homes. The two dams on the Elwha that were removed produced a combined total of 19 megawatts per year. The two dams can easily be replaced with 3 wind turbines.

@tbwil

8 жыл бұрын

+Docktor Jim Do you have any idea of what kind of sustained wind it would take to create 7 megawatts of power? Your comment isnt close to reality. There needs to be a combination of coal, hydro nuke etc and the market should decide the preponderance of each and not the EPA.

Mother earths reactions was like "omg my veins flow again, those stupid humans"

@jumpinjojo

8 жыл бұрын

Were* like, not was.

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 5 years ago.

it s not straight forward.

soto build a dam to first hae to build another dam so you can build your dam. cool i guess

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 8 years ago.

They could've just rigged the dam with explosives and made it more fun. 🧨💥

e mai piu'

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 9 years ago.

все ждал пока эксковатор ебанется вниз)

@duckytv375

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you made this comment 9 years ago. Vodka

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarokatuh Masya Allah 😱😰😰😱👍👍🙏🙏 scary 🙏

Is this one of those dams taken down because of the environmentalists?

Hope nobody needs a drink

@blairlohnes8103

8 жыл бұрын

+Crvman Lostinmatrix Loads of water up here... :P

This job called for dynamite.

No more drinking water. No more clean energy!

@kateadams5929

8 жыл бұрын

Mark ferntube123 No more threat of sudden failure due to age and disrepair. Much more salmon.

@riparianlife97701

8 жыл бұрын

+Mark ferntube123 Go to Eastern Washington where the windmills are located, on the same power grid, that replaced the power production of the Glines Canyon Dam. As for drinking water, the Olympic Peninsula is a rain forest. There's no shortage of drinking water.

@davidschwartz8125

8 жыл бұрын

+Mark ferntube123 Not a water supply dam and the power had been superseded by other better sources. plus efficiency improvements, plus dead industries not needing the power, etc etc.

@Yowzoe

8 жыл бұрын

+Mark ferntube123 Mark, it's pretty clear you don't have the *slightest* intelligence about this dam and that you are expressing a visceral reaction unimpeded by any thought processes. Are you voting for Cruz or Carson next year?

@UniverseEarthSpirit

8 жыл бұрын

Decommissioning a dam restores entire ecosystems in watersheds. Ultimately produces cleaner waters, naturally.

Couple of sticks of dynamite in the right place, and job done in seconds