Love how calmly narrated it is, and the music is relaxing too.

@raisins7976

5 жыл бұрын

@Brant Williams wtf?? do we really need to put every racist word in every argument??

@nativeamericanfeather9948

5 ай бұрын

I agree..I fall asleep to this channel♡

On vacation, I walked out onto the bridge. Date would have been about as 20:00 in the film. After watching the dumps for a half hour or so, I got chills and weak kneed when I realized the tiny specks near the concrete dump zone were actually moving and were workmen. Simply amazing.

My dad was an electrician who worked on the Glen Canyon dam between 1960 and its completion. We got out of school for the dedication and were able to see Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon when they visited in 1965. What a beautiful place to live and grow up. Wonderful people!

@workspilot.

Жыл бұрын

I am happy that Six Companies Inc. learned from the Hoover Dam!

@peggyuriz156

Жыл бұрын

That’s so cool!

I love Lake Powell and the Glen Canton Dam is a sight to behold. Utah is a beautiful state.

@blindlemon9

5 жыл бұрын

South Utah is indeed beautiful. It was, however far more naturally magnificent before the stunning canyon was turned into an artificial lake. Tragically, many thousands of irreplaceable ancient pictographs and petroglyphs, Anasazi ruins, and pieces of beautiful pottery were obliterated. Lake Powell was probably an inevitability. Still, it’s sad to reflect on what we lost as a nation.

@georgemcgillicuddy3498

4 жыл бұрын

The Dam is in Arizona , however

@johne.christensen7147

3 жыл бұрын

Home

@nativeamericanfeather9948

5 ай бұрын

It's a fail. You might want to do your research

It was interesting watching how this was built and knowing that my grandpa took part in the construction of both made it even better.

This is the best of America. It’s amazing what this film don’t show. Like construction process of the 20 story batch plant on the side of a canyon . 18 people died in construction but thousands worked on it … It really is amazing !

Loved that old Willey's wagon and in the beginning of the documentary. Well done 👍👍👍

Brilliant this JOB .... i'm just here watching this great video ... 1956's very interesting ...

@timmayer8723

3 жыл бұрын

ProjConstr my father was an explosives engineer. 1956 was a International Geophysical Year across the globe.

I find it amusing that the image used in the link to this video is the Hoover Dam and not the Glen Canyon Dam.

@BrookieCooki84

3 жыл бұрын

Such a dam mistake.

@thedawgy1995

3 жыл бұрын

@@BrookieCooki84 You said it. :)

@jfo738

2 жыл бұрын

@@BrookieCooki84 This whole dam was a mistake. Bring back Glen Canyon

@deadbrother5355

10 ай бұрын

Well, I'll be dammed.

@thedawgy1995

10 ай бұрын

@@jfo738 In many cases, I would agree with you. However, millions of people benefit from the water retention in the Colorado River dam network. I will never dispute that dams have undesirable ecological impacts. However, we must consider the benefits of water supply and flood management.

Lived there for the entire construction.

@helopix7610

5 жыл бұрын

Pete H lived there my entire life

Seeing some of those young kids in the beginning. That could have been me. (age wise) Now it's 2021...Feels like a dream, have to wake up and find out. Good doc, Doc!

Riveting was the preferred method of assembly for the bridge. It is uncommon to see that today.

My dad was one of the many truckers that helped haul dirt and rocks. We lived in Winslow Arizona at the time, my dad would go to the construction site and camped out in a tent city.

Amazingly divine voice!

@perniciouspete4986

Жыл бұрын

Victor Jory

This was amazing! If only projects like this could happen in my lifetime!

@adelaidehulahoopers9286

7 жыл бұрын

Joel LL They do in China.

@csn6234

6 жыл бұрын

Joel LL Poor kid. So naive.

@koyotekola6916

4 жыл бұрын

They can. All it takes is $10B and a lot of pork barreling. You grease enough pockets and watch it take off! You don't grease enough pockets, and you'll stagnate with feasibility studies and that's about it.

@WayPastCrazy2525

4 жыл бұрын

@@koyotekola6916 Too many environmentalists involved now. Can't even build a golf course these days without a 3-year study on the impacts it has on the Southeast Spotted Tick.

@koyotekola6916

4 жыл бұрын

@@WayPastCrazy2525 That's because there's lots of money to be made in environmentalism. Colleges even offer degrees in environmental studies. What used to be common sense is now years of studies, mostly to eat up money for that stamp of approval. And that approval doesn't mean squat to the environment.

This is an amazing video, one of the best I've ever watch. These old videos give me an Erie feeling for some reason. Like crazy government nuke town testing, and top secret experiments on humans.

@englishbob5106

3 жыл бұрын

I've seen better 👎

The men enjoyed a laid back atmosphere constructing Glen Canyon Dam. Unlike Hoover Dam where the men there were forced and slave driven by fast paced schedules and hardcase bosses. Yet, the dams were produced in nearly the same fashion, with nearly the same technology with some of the same men who survived Hoover Dam's construction to take part in Glen Canyon Dam's construction.

@peggyuriz156

Жыл бұрын

I wonder how many men who worked on Hoover also worked on Glen Canyon.

0:35 - 0:45, that's a 1958 Willys Jeep Station Wagon, I have one like that back in my country Cuba, got it from my uncle.

My father was an explosives expert. He designed the blasts.

@howardlitson9796

3 жыл бұрын

Tim mayer line x solid hardness chemical material can prevent missile strike and protect from missile. linex.com/security-and-defense/blast-mitigation

@yuno2352

3 жыл бұрын

Are u muslim??

@timmayer8723

3 жыл бұрын

Y U NO / No.

Page, AZ. The best town by a dam site!

The semi trucks with the distinctive sound of the Detroit Diesel never to be heard again again it was a two stroke diesel incredible power and was quite efficient.

I like this guys voice. He knows his stuff. I was only 20 yrs old at the time it was built.

@bryanleslie4513

5 жыл бұрын

I have a correction on my statement and that is I was 10yrs old when it started.

THAT WAS CHALLENGING

Impressive automation for that period of time.

Amassing what we could accomplish with just a piece of paper and a slide rule.

What a great operation ❤❤

Awesome video

We are such amazing primates. Blows my mind

@samuelwallace2427

6 жыл бұрын

lopaka79 if only we could come together and live in peace

@niladrimallick2370

6 жыл бұрын

lopaka79 open

@henghak9734

5 жыл бұрын

lopaka79.

what a dangerous job. I wonder is anyone that built this bridge still alive, I bet they have a story to tell. god bless them all!

@monicaosorio9564

3 жыл бұрын

I heard 98 people died at the site.

@nativeamericanfeather9948

5 ай бұрын

​@@monicaosorio9564actually 18

@nativeamericanfeather9948

5 ай бұрын

​@monicaosorio9564 Now look at its failure. Sadly it also killed/destroyed many animals,plants,many archeological sites. Irreversibly altering the ecosystem forever.Many Natives fish species was unable to adapt.

Love watching history like this love my country.

Great jobs

Got the wrong dam picture at the begining thats hoover dam damn it. Lol

@howardlitson9796

3 жыл бұрын

Andrew Littleman everything is resolution for difficult problem and complex problem of dam failure. linex.eu.com/concrete-linings/

@toomanyjstoomanyrs1705

3 жыл бұрын

So, it wasn't just me that saw that.

@James-ns7kc

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, You are totally right!

beautiful

This narrator always give good news. Incredible

@perniciouspete4986

Жыл бұрын

Victor Jory, I believe.

This is the time where hardwork is greater than money...

@percypercy8932

5 жыл бұрын

AlwaysGame 4Life g

Four years...these days it would take longer than that just to get past all of the environmental impact statements, blue ribbon panels, litigation, political wrangling, lobbying, and bankruptcies

@leebarnes655

7 жыл бұрын

Only reason this one got built was a deal made with the Sierra Club. THEY sold this one down the river if the gooberment promised to shelve two others planned in Utah. Sierra Club kept their word too and doomed the bonytailed chubby sucker to extinction they own self. Even in 1959, the Sierra Club had federal court backed up to the point nothing else could get done. The video Draining Lake Powell shows LBJ with Grand Pooba of the Sierra Club for a photo op as they supposedly worked out the details, but it's just for show folks, it was lawyers that worked the deal for reals.

@southwestxnorthwest

7 жыл бұрын

Lee Barnes Betty Crocker also claimed that you shouldnt salt raw meat before cooking it because it dries it out. Sure they understood a lot about ecology and the environment back then, but not as much as today.

@drolandcorp

7 жыл бұрын

Ever hear of Jones town? those regulations exist for a reason

@robertthomas4329

6 жыл бұрын

For example: The Black Canyon Bridge just downstream from Hoover Dam, took longer and cost more than the dam itself.

@vinnyambrose7514

5 жыл бұрын

It would never get built these days, just look at the spillway disaster in California, they knew it was going to happen but too many fat cats sat behind their mahogany desks counting the money in the states and city funds like it was their and too stingey to fix it. Then it failed and nearly cost thousands of lives!

I am impressed!

Amazing technology for the time!!! 😳😳😳👌

@frederickwise5238

5 жыл бұрын

Technology? You should go look at how the Golden Gate bridge, Oakland bay bridge as well as Hoover and Grand Coulee dams were built 30/40 years EARLIER than this.

I enjoyed this video very much...The communication needed between all involved must be a nightmare

Tossing a red hot rivet to a guy perched high up, must have been fun.

Excellent vodeo

The town they built looks the same as Edward scissorhand's neighborhood.

@BigBeardJesus

3 жыл бұрын

I live in that town, and some parts yes Page is definitely a lot like his neighborhood lmao.

Victor Jory, a great voice and villain.

@perniciouspete4986

2 жыл бұрын

Really nasty in "Gone With the Wind."

The narrator is the same one in the movie Makenna’s Gold with Gregory Peck an Omar Sharif great western classic check it out.

@jackwinemiller8358

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been trying to find that’s movie to watch for so long I can’t find it anywhere

@michaeldoran6101

3 жыл бұрын

Jack Winemiller check eBay I have it on dvd 📀

Thank - you.

an amazing and perfect engineering of constructing a dam at those days..but see man involvement is how much affecting the earth and nature and thus natural ecosystem..

@justusetpecator

5 жыл бұрын

Both Hoover and Glen Canyon Dams are incredible but they totally under estimated the power of the the water through the spillways when we almost lost Glen canyon Dam. Hoover Dam's spillways were badly damaged as well. That's why alternate plans to dump excess water from Lake Mead was put in place.

How can anyone give a documentary a thumbs down.............

@Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8

4 жыл бұрын

they're liberals, that makes them allergic to hard work

@1pcmedic

4 жыл бұрын

Bingo!

I believe they started filling Lake Powell in 1959 or 60 and it didn't finish filling until the early 80's !

That was awesome technology for that time

Was there any rebar inside those big concrete blocks? What an awsome project!

@timhallas4275

5 жыл бұрын

No rebar needed. The strength of a concrete dam comes from it's thickness, it's arched shape and tremendous weight. This concrete has 4 times the tensile strength of the sandstone it is replacing.

@siegfriedobrabender4215

5 жыл бұрын

@@timhallas4275 Thank you Mr. Tim!

@siegfriedobrabender4215

5 жыл бұрын

@Arch Stanton Thank you Mr Arch!

@nativeamericanfeather9948

5 ай бұрын

An awesome project that destroyed many archeological sites,many anumaks,fish,&plants. It forever changed the ecosystem. Now look at the damaged reservoir. Yeah great project

Very interesting, I just watched the guy showing in 3D I was disapointed. I also watched USA dam daster but this dam will safe because even dam break down surrounding won't be affected.

@TheLittlered1961

5 жыл бұрын

Sadly you are mistaken about the failure. There is a small community in the base of the Grand Canyon. That would be wiped out. The Hoover dam is down stream. That could be topped and or destroyed. This would affect 10's of millions. The communities would be wiped out. The millions that depend on the water and power would be SOL.

@superstarmcgee1128

4 жыл бұрын

Damn those damn dams!

@josephastier7421

4 жыл бұрын

Lake Mead is so low these days that Hoover Dam might actually survive a failure of Glen Canyon dam now. When Lake Mead was full, Hoover Dam would have been overtopped, and there would have been nothing to do from Las Vegas to the Sea of Cortez but just get everyone out of the way.

The music in this doc is deff something else..... 🤷🤦😂😂😂😂😂 🔈🔉🔊 🎼🎵🎶🎶🎶

Beautiful damm.

I've you've ever lived in Page, Arizona this is required viewing 😉.

THE THUMB NAIL PICTURE IS OF HOOVER DAM!

Been there. Took the tour. It was awesome! Carl Hayden visitor centre provides more information and videos.

I could not tell whether this was a documentary on dam building or a poetry reading.

Take a drink every time the narrator says 'Glen Canyon Dam'

@roccozecca9302

5 жыл бұрын

Bottoms Up baby!!!

@tackyman2011

4 жыл бұрын

Funny you should say that,I'm drinking a beer right now.

@kinikinrd

Жыл бұрын

Well, the video is about Glen Canyon Dam.

How many dies in this project?

@thekingofbohemia1

3 жыл бұрын

18 workers died my friend.

i like laos... but no heavy industry and big or mega projects in the country... it will be destroyed! light industry and tourism is the future... protect its environment Laos 🇱🇦!

Going back to lake Powell this July can't wait

They could off showed me this in Kindergarten .I would off loved it.

Super stiff concrete with big rock... I like it

great days 🖖

شي راقي ..Great

can someone tell me what he crushed ice is getting mixed into the concrete to slow the shrink cracks in the brutal hot weather or are there pipes in the forms with ice water runnign through it to slow the shrink cracks?? thanks

Riding a jetski around antelope island on Memorial day weekend wasn't my best idea. I've never been so sore from waves. The cliff walls didn't let the waves dissipate so they just bounced around and yeah it wasn't fun on a jetski after an hour lol

The days before OSHA would be shitting themselves watching these real MEN taking their lives in their collective hands, with little regard to safety regulations! These men are the unsung American heroes!!! May God bless and keep them!

@shimazu32

4 жыл бұрын

Cancer and lost limbs are, indeed, the truest measure of manhood. Let us peel back the veil and visit both upon everyone!

@lunchboxproductions1183

3 жыл бұрын

Right?! You're not a real man until you're deaf, blind in one eye and have leukemia because you didn't want to wear "bitch mittens" while working with chemicals.

@TheSupart91

7 ай бұрын

From a 3rd person perspective that easy to say the problem tho is that whoever died in the project were probably family men and possible war vets i mean that why safety is in place now better to lose a limb than a life

They submerged a lot of beautiful country while doing this. Ancient petroglyphs, beautiful little side canyons (deadly in the spring) were gradually overtaken by the rising waters. I got to explore a bit of this country with my dad and brother in the late 50’s early 60’s. Terry and Renny Russell published some pictures of Glenn Canyon in a nice little book called “On the Loose.” I imagine it’s out of print now but you might find a used copy.

@james5063

3 жыл бұрын

It was worth it in the end. Nothing better than chilling on my house boat knowing I got it made looking at the most beautiful scenery!

That's a nice damn dam

@perniciouspete4986

2 жыл бұрын

damn nice dam

grrat，赞

That mix looks so different compared to today's concrete

@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb

5 жыл бұрын

No, still quite common to use large uncrushed aggregate in mass concrete structures. The stuff you get from your local batch plant is for structural uses, and typically has higher strength, workability and durability requirements.

wow

Ok, I have never worked in construction. Can someone explain me the scene following 2:30? Why did construction workers throw white-hot steel parts at each other?

@artysanmobile

7 жыл бұрын

georgejohnsmith Rivets for steel construction.

@jonathanhurley4055

6 жыл бұрын

Yes . those are rivets. Heated they are soft and malleable...therefore easier to hammer into its respective hole. After cooling, it makes for a VERY secure connection.

@timmayer8723

5 жыл бұрын

georgejohnsmith White hot steel rivets are part of almost every extra large steel structure site. When these massive rivets are placed in a drilled hole they can be riveted or beaten with a very powerful rivet hammer. They are much easier to be beaten in place when they are soften by white hot heat. Sky scraper construction uses the same methods as do very large ship builders. Hot rivets are even used in the construction of large aircraft.

@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb

5 жыл бұрын

@@timmayer8723 Tim, you're about 50 years behind the times. Glen Canyon bridge was one of the last major structures to use rivets - honestly I was shocked they still used rivets on that bridge - welding was common by the late '50s and has been standard practice for decades. Problems with rivets is they are difficult to predict/test if they are installed correctly, and have long since been replaced by welding or structural bolts. Bay Bridge and Golden Gate bridges (built in the '30s) removed millions of rivets and replaced with structural bolts for seismic safety upgrades.

18:25 That's some big aggregate in that concrete.

The old semi trucks were power houses- were these Autocar tractors?

@kinikinrd

Жыл бұрын

All the double trailer rigs hauling cement on the highway were Autocar. My dad ran the trucking operation between Clarkdale and Page from Cottonwood AZ.

First load of concrete,,, no water added?

@superstarmcgee1128

4 жыл бұрын

That was hover damn dam!

I'm positive that if women ran society, amazing things like this would never be built and we'd still be living in huts.

@XavierBetoN

5 жыл бұрын

Their nail can get broken if they do this job

@olsonbryce777

5 жыл бұрын

And what have you children accomplished?

@goodbyemr.anderson5065

5 жыл бұрын

You're right, letting women vote was the worst thing for blue collar men, now look at us, everything has gone for a shit.

My uncle was a park ranger in Page Arizona

Why show a picture of Hoover Dam as the thumb nail photo? Silly mistake.

@crystalidx

4 жыл бұрын

I was wondering too.

In the end, what did the Navajo get out it?

@BestPlconEarth50

2 жыл бұрын

At the end of it who fucking cares, what did they put in?

My uncle used to be a park ranger in Page Arizona and he died in August 2020

Can I get the data of this dam?

@scottstewart5784

5 жыл бұрын

do you have google or wikipedia?

one word - daaaaaammm.

Dammit boy

keep on making how it is made videos ps make sure there old that's the good ones

good

Huge project. Thanks for posting. Done back in the days when Men were Men and the " Tree Huggers " didn't exist. Won't ever see another project like this. Everyone says roads and bridges are falling apart. Environmentalists saw to that. Way too many rules and laws now..... Good luck getting anything fixed now.

Is that Burgess Meredith Narrating ?

Also it's lake mead off in Nevada

@Rockit442

7 жыл бұрын

You failed history class. It's Lake Powell fucken idiot!

@jordanzish

7 жыл бұрын

You're thinking of the Hoover Dam.

@jondavidbristow9819

6 жыл бұрын

Only the opening picture is

This was back when everything that makes a man, a man was valued. Back when this country needed masculinity and testosterone to be build it and establish it. This country needed men with flowing testosterone to work hard and risk their lives to build brigdes, dams, buildings, etc. And now, the male is just underappreciated and obsolete, bad times we live in now to be a man.

@Savedavegrave

3 жыл бұрын

fragile white male youtuber lol

@perniciouspete4986

2 жыл бұрын

Men may be undervalued, but we aren't obsolete.

I'll be your damn guide for this damn tour, does anybody have any damn questions?

@maxoct97

5 жыл бұрын

Racer X yeah. Where can I buy some dam bait?

@terryrack2534

5 жыл бұрын

yeah. who brought these snakes on to the plane?

@thomasfletcher4109

5 жыл бұрын

, yeah , where do i get the dam bait so i can do some dam fishing ?

@fredmartine674

4 жыл бұрын

Was Bigfoot watching the construction from a distance?

@thomasfletcher4109

4 жыл бұрын

@@fredmartine674 , yes , in fact he was .

NEXT: Check out the 1983 video on how it was repaired after major water flow damage: watch?v=m8xZzmtM8iw "Challenge at Glen Canyon, 1983"

Dam

@hoffer54

7 жыл бұрын

OK, The Glen canyon dam impounds the Colorado river to make Lake Powell, Hoover dam also impounds the Colorado river to make lake Mead. When the mighty Colorado finely makes it to the gulf of California it is just a trickle, with no resemblance to the mighty river it once was. And at some point in time they will both fill up with silt and the river will run over the top of them in a great water fall. Hope this helps, check them out on google earth. See, A River Ran Through It ...Draining Lake Powell

@niladrimallick2370

6 жыл бұрын

Sarah Campbell llt

That’s the Hoover dam

1:56 That's either an Ouija Board for geeks or the hardest board game ever!

I love lake Powell

Most of this documentary made me go yeah fuck all that 😂

Read "Cadillac Desert" by Marc Reisner f you want to know the real story of water in the West.

Why does this post start with an aerial photo of Hoover Dam ?