Constructing the Wonder: Hoover Dam Secrets Revealed

[@SabinCivil]

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[@PRCOM]

No audio?

[@okechukwuudoye9056]

I really enjoy your videos, pls can you make a video on digital potentiometer.

[@nerds-nonsense]

Doing these reuploads is actually worse for your analytics and trying to build a following. It annoys current followers, looks like a cash grab (instead of earnest science communication), and resets your stats for each video, making it less likely to be recommended by the algorithm. Your best bet is experimenting with titles and thumbnails the first 24 hours or so after posting.

[@User-w9f3y]

Good animation

[@severnia]

the video is solid, but the random loud music outbursts are terrible, distracting and a pretty big turn off.

[@scubasteve3032]

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!

[@kuttabc]

Good pun in the first sentence

[@PandaTaco]

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

[@scubasteve3032]

@@PandaTaco that sound about right. Good to know.

[@AlSufyan225]

It's huge loss of life... May Allah rest them peace and increase the longevity of the dam...

[@richardwaleed]

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.

[@S-I-D-D-H-U]

I had never imagined Superman with Mjolnir, and here we are

[@i_Kruti]

Yeah everything was right but SUPER MAN with HAMMER 😅😂🤣

[@kevinelrod323]

Superman couldn't use Mjolnir. He went on his drunkard & evil spree when he thought Lois was killed. 🤷🏻‍♂️😆

[@ozguroge]

Don't forget the snake below!

[@anchalsharma]

With thor hammer

[@Colonel_Overkill]

He is not worthy

[@ElmerCat]

The graphics are retro and minimalistic, while at the same time being extremely informative, clearly presenting each particular idea or concept. It's brilliant!

[@insideoutsideupsidedown2218]

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.

[@remsmith3233]

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.

[@prototropo]

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.

[@stuartatkins5425]

And 88 years later the dam is still working to perfection and hopefully will continue to serve America for years to come. Great video.

[@duroisgawd]

except it's not. there hasn't been a lot of water or power production for quite some time.

[@jackchapo2011]

That is true. Power output has decreased significantly, and the cost to maintain is being questioned.

[@antiquefuturistic]

It would be working for the next 262 years when it would become a strategic location for the New California Republic

[@simonshotter8960]

@@duroisgawdpower production is a side note, that wasn’t its main goal. Its main goal was water control.

[@alanmeyers3957]

@@duroisgawdit has never not produced power.

[@Kurtdog63]

"... I was a dam builder... on a river deep and wide... where steel and water did collide..." Waylen Jennings

[@Makeitliquidfast]

He didn't write that song but sang his part well

[@Kurtdog63]

@@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...

[@jasondashney]

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

[@Kurtdog63]

@@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.

[@deepspire]

“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…”

[@danielmorris6523]

The fact this was built in the 1930s is amazing.

[@JasRog1026]

That's nothing,now look at the mayan,Egyptian and Roman pyramids and buildings

[@carpediemarts705]

They worked hard and dangerous back then.

[@Lasvegasnowman1]

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.

[@adogg1818]

"Now, are there any dam questions?"

[@GloriaNguyen-o6x]

😂😂😂

[@Punchy361]

Yeah. Is this a god dam?

[@jtoma8016]

​@@Punchy361beat me to it 😂😂😂

[@marcproulx7965]

Ya!! Where can I find some dam bait?

[@adogg1818]

@@marcproulx7965 🤣👍🏻

[@Mike-ny6sf]

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!

[@ludicrous7044]

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?

[@HydratedBeans]

We need more big stupid projects like this. They’re what pushes technology and society forward.

[@Transit_Biker]

Probably one of the 4 penstocks.

[@marionbloom1218]

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!

[@patrickhenigin4805]

60's rocket scientists performed much of their calculations with slide rules. Human "Mentats" performed the calculations necessary for navigation.

[@youngtrout4950]

Wow. This video is art. Thank you, Lesics.

[@kuttabc]

Idk about art but it Def is something

[@ElmerCat]

The graphics are retro and minimalistic, while at the same time being extremely informative, clearly presenting each particular idea or concept. It's brilliant!

[@dorianleclair7390]

I wouldn't call tunnel boring machines unpopular. Technology at the time was the main reason.

[@dorkthrone]

The video watches like a fever dream, but sounds perfectly normal. What a bizarre combination.

[@ferdaushossain5586]

Special thanks for creating such useful video for us, watching from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@RaiyanAhmedNabil536]

🤚

[@charliemagoo7943]

Imagine how many decades it would take to build today

[@dipubiswas8520]

One of the great Engineering channel. I have weatched that construction before but didn’t' know about the gap.Tnx a lot....

[@patrickpatrick4549]

that song is so out of the blue. It took me off guard

[@catchmypoint6756]

These animations are super useful to understand the subjects deeply thanks to your hole team

[@AwesomePossum-k9b]

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.

[@kettieiscool]

😂😂😂 thats what I thought 😂

[@prototropo]

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.

[@engrfawadiqbalkhan786]

Very helpful , presents a lot of knowledge in very effective way. Being a structural engineer I always enjoy such videos.

[@st.charlesstreet9876]

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!❤

[@LiftingStress]

If there were a "Wonders of the 20th Century" list, the Hoover Dam would certainly belong on it. It is magnificent!

[@DurfDiggler]

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.

[@charlesball6519]

Over watering in a desert landscape (Phoenix Metro area)

[@DurfDiggler]

@@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.

[@jimalcott760]

Well with all the rain for the last few years, there should be plenty of water….

[@AtomicBuffalo]

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.

[@adrenalineTube]

Thanks!

[@jumpingjeffflash9946]

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.

[@bigsexyboi]

whoever edited this video did an awesome job and needs to be paid more

[@orangejjay]

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! 🎉❤

[@Johnny2-r1l]

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

[@JJ-eb4tx]

Please normalize audio levels, commentary is too quiet compared to the sound effects

[@yakymua]

They’re perfect as-is

[@jannejohansson3383]

Sound lleevels were perfect.

[@PappuBhardwaj-cu7mt]

It's really amazing information. Thanks for your informative animation 😊😊😊😊

[@goldfieldgary]

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.

[@Etx-z9]

I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but... I don't think a beaver could have built this.

[@jesusalc1421]

can u prove he didnt?

[@chiles79]

Pretty sure it was at least two beavers plus Superman.

[@AngelBeats-KPIS]

It's a really enjoyable video and the clever dasigning of the dam surprised me a lot .

[@afaqkhan5244]

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

[@aerator]

It is absolutely amazing what genious it took to accomplish this fete. The engineers were extremely efficient and knowledgeable. Great job!

[@insideoutsideupsidedown2218]

Feat?

[@Edward_Waterfield]

1:38 Is that you, Ms. Snake?

[@duckpants3766]

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.

[@toastnjam7384]

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.

[@bigsexyboi]

aw shit is that superman with a thor hammer 🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯

[@TomeSouza-dk7xj]

aw shit is that superman with a Thor💯💯💯 vs (?????Hammer???🔥🔥🔥 13:02

[@shaunl446]

Great video here! Secondly, I'm always blown away at the ingenuity of people back then

[@GeoffCostanza]

I learned a lot from this dam video

[@rochyns8567]

Went to this engineering marvel in March. Absolutely breathtaking and amazing!

[@Anityam]

Great job Lesics

[@Wadethewallaby2001]

I remember I went to Hoover Dam with my mother in 2014 for my Christmas present, but we went other places too!

[@insideoutsideupsidedown2218]

You were smart if you went in December. We went 1 week ago and it was 107 degrees.

[@Wadethewallaby2001]

@@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

[@jerryemt2001]

I visited the dam in the early 00's and the guide said the concrete is still curing. Amazing!

[@Larry26-f1w]

I visited the 9/11 museum and 3000 victims are still missing

[@dealerovski82]

A round applause to the 3D guy asking for money at the end.

[@pauld1830]

Thanks!

[@unknownautistico2658]

Fun fact. The first inspiration of the Hoover damn design came from a damn in Oregon

[@fjbronzo]

Doctors save lives. Engineers build structures to support lives. Amazing.

[@Larry26-f1w]

Landlords pull buildings and then collect billions in fraudulent insurance claims in NYC

[@quantumleap359]

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.

[@MikeMarley-r9s]

Hoover Dam is still curing.

[@rubina1631]

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

[@user-tk2jy8xr8b]

Random music and a huge water snake bring some badtripesque atmosphere

[@humbertomacias3239]

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.

[@freitassousa]

Danke! Ich liebe deinen job!

[@howardhughes7596]

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.

[@Rocketman88002]

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.

[@AndrewBerube41]

These animations are outrageous 😂😂😂

[@matheusmelisguerrapeixe2330]

The game is so good they actually made the dam.

[@cod06]

Interesting, I never thought about the design of the dam.

[@Chublet123]

The NCR approves this message.

[@bejczyreal]

Fuck the NCR!

[@HydratedBeans]

God I love this channel. I thank you for your hard work

[@jimthompson717]

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 .

[@kode4420]

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]

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.

[@kode4420]

@@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. 👍

[@vinceruland9236]

That's a straight myth

[@kode4420]

@@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.

[@kode4420]

@@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?

[@pete9063]

That's some dam good information.

[@RealJohnWayne]

If you're fortunate enough to visit the Hoover Dam, you must take the "Dam Tour" its worthy of your time and money!

[@MrBmic]

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.

[@jperez7893]

this is an amazing channel. thanks for illustrating the magnificent engineering wonders

[@glee21012]

Best dam(n) video I have seen in a while.

[@Cobra-vq6qr]

They built this almost 100 years ago and it's still standing. Modern engineering projects/government built roads can't last that long🤔

[@shaunfreaks]

Never thought Superman will lift mjolnir 😂😅

[@PRCOM]

Brilliant thanks for this

[@user-Kova15]

Im not even into this type of thing, but enjoyed watching it nonetheless. Very interesting and well made content.

[@phuongrambo8293]

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?

[@VKZ24]

Also worthy of note this project was completed ahead of schedule and under budget. No way any government project could make that claim today!

[@badad0166]

5:06 *Downstream

[@TracksideViews]

Yes of course! Only Superman could have made those moves so effortlessly.

[@ronaldmorris3197]

Very good presentation. It is quite a large structure that I hope to visit some day.

[@johnrains8409]

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.

[@Dranok1]

5:08 "What do you think would happen if they dump rocks _upstream_ of these tunnels?" No water will get to the tunnels and the river will be dammed up until the rock wall is inundated. Then the status quo will be recovered once the full flow of the river overtops the dam. On the other hand, if they drop the rock _downstream_ of the tunnels, their plan might work...

[@azimuth4850]

I like the video and the animations. 👍👍👍

[@HunWorship]

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!

[@andrewmiller4573]

DAMN!!!! That was some Dam video!!!

[@hvwj86]

Incredible engineering 🫡❤️

[@ericanderson2987]

Just Curious...is there a similar Video about Grand Coulee Dam?...that OTHER incredible Dam that was Built around the same Time.

[@Mk99987]

“ 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.

[@ganondalf8090]

its ai generated

[@megamastah]

@@ganondalf8090 no, it's manually generated using 3D CAD software.

[@DomManInT1]

Neither did the AI used to generate the script for this video.

[@ghost307]

Early TBMs were used in the US in the 1850s.

[@kmicodude5708]

Please avoide saying "HOORAY", thanks. Good video.

[@IanKershaw-tx7pd]

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.

[@-q-b0_1]

🙌 for great visuals

[@insideoutsideupsidedown2218]

This is the video they should show at the Dam Tour. The one they have now was made in 1980.

[@sanbell6951]

Close to 100 men died building this dam. They took the ultimate risk for a wage, but society is better for it.

[@insideoutsideupsidedown2218]

$4 a day

[@vivek-420]

Why has Lesic’s animation quality decreased significantly?

[@EyesOfByes]

Using same old software probably...I'm no animator. I just watch Corridor Crew. Perhaps Lesics should just use Unreal Engine 5, so Lesics can see the animations and renders in real-time.

[@juandavidzuluaga]

It's comically bad

[@nerds-nonsense]

@@EyesOfByes that's not how animation works, it's like drawing: using better paper and pencils won't change your ability to draw, they look bad simply because they stopped putting in as much time(or money).

[@VulcanicYT]

@@nerds-nonsenseprobably time. I can make these animations pretty realistically, but first of all it would take me 15 hours to model everything, then an hour to setup whatever the specific animation would be, and then rendering times would be insane if you don’t want noise. On my gtx 1070 and 32gb ram I predict each frame would take me 30 minutes to render, maybe even more with the water simulation. If I would use the less realistic settings, it would be able to render in real time. If you have 24 frames per second which is really the limit before the eye can tell it’s choppy, each second would cost me 12 hours to render. That’s 720 hours for 1 minute and this video is 17 mins and 30 seconds. Realism is not worth that in my opinion for a video like this. It doesn’t make it any more engaging. Especially compared to the cost.

[@MoellerEngineeringCo.]

Actually, it's an alternator, not a generator.

[@SMac86]

This dam algorithm led me to this. I found this dam interesting.

[@tibontibon5772]

Display your Patreon link at the bottom of the video at all times, so viewers who don't watch until the end can learn about it. Additionally, leave a comment on all your videos explaining the significance of your Patreon and pin it. This way, those who are able to contribute can be informed about your Patreon.

[@whynotbro911]

talented architects

[@orchuvinay57]

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