Fort Peck Dam Construction

This video, produced in 1990, captures the construction of Fort Peck Dam, the northernmost of the six main stem dams on the Missouri River. Of particular interest is some of the old reel footage that captured the actual work behind this U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District project. The video is shown regularly at the Fort Peck Interpretive Center.

[@deaththekidsgirl1030]

my great grandpa is burried there from the slide. thank u so much for putting this on. ive always wanted to know info on it :)

[@peredavi]

I was just at Fort Peck with my German shorthairs doing some bird hunting in the area. I was last out there around 2015. It always amazes me. I can’t wait to bring a lake boat out and do some fishing. I’m not going to bring my fishing kayak to that water!. That was a whole different America. Projects like this could never be done today. Between the lawsuits, regulations, lack of skilled labor,Lack of work ethics etc. etc. etc.

[@3069mark]

I'm not saying that America is not great now .... BUT .... just like we call the men and women of WW2 "The Greatest Generation", I feel that the time period when the massive dams were built in our nation, and the other large projects, was a "greater time". Especially when we consider that America was a moral nation then, and abortion and homosexuality had not rotted our nation from the inside out. As far as I know, there has since never been such great undertakings accomplished by our government with a proud and willing workforce made up of our citizens. I have watched a good number of videos of such projects, and I love watching them, and they amaze me beyond compare. I have toured the great Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State, and that was an equally massive project that was built between 1933-1942, which is about the same time that the Fort Peck Dam was built. Visiting and touring the Grand Coulee Dam is one of my favorite memories.

[@bigredc222]

Go to hell.

[@normatrent2434]

You have to come and see this for yourself. The size of this dam is amazing, The sheer scope of the project is just daunting,

[@danabuckles1197]

My great great grandpa Bill Sansaver worked on this Dam. He was a Civil Engineer with the Civil Corps of Engineers.

[@AgricultureTechUS]

nice video! ^^

[@edwardjones9631]

Needless to say, the dam and lake are huge. Flew over it abt 30 yrs ago. All video is very interesting and that is in big sky country!! Some 130 years after the Lewis and Clark Expedition!! Did any native americans live near or work on this project??

[@person4211]

good question most of the damming on the Missouri buried history, much of it covering up the u.s genocide of the american indians

[@JohnBoyDeere]

"Hyraulically" in the opening credits, har! 0:19

[@charlietanner6211]

to bad these damns are not managed the way they were intended to be as i write this we are experencing near record flooding again because they did not release enough water early this government is out of control we are just getting started with spring runoff what if we should have heavy rain over large area of missouri watershed there is no place to hold back water

[@AllanLoveJr]

I have been saying this for a very long time now. Yet there still not releasing much water. I very worried that there not releasing like they should be.

[@kainhall]

was that a duplex drive steam loco at around 13:30? thows were VERY uncommon engines. my grandmother was raised on the yeager homested...between the spillway and the dam. its a great dam.... but i do have...along with a LOT of locals...few complants. 1. the water level is always to low. you say you need water for barges, even tought most of the river is flooding its banks. 2. our local branch of the core/crops whatever are "the 21 century nazi gustappo police". not my words!

[@chadsimmons6347]

Fort Peck dam is starting to get the wrong kind of attention from people that measure earthquakes they say that fracking and tremors from Yellowstone will be its demise probably sooner than later hope you and your family stay safe Kain Hall and thanks for your good comment sir

[@sandrobanguera4315]

¿Quétruccion de la presa de fort peck

[@mission10able]

La presa de Fort Peck se encuentra en el noreste de Montana en los Estados Unidos,

[@joebledsoe257]

The worst possible method of building a water retention structure. Failed numerous times while being built.

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

A Whole Lotta 33's , Wow , This is Now on My Radar as I Live in St.Louis :o QC

[@Rohith.]

Any civil engineers

[@Telelikeitis]

I went to the dam to get some dam water. I ask the dam man if I could have some dam water. The dam man said no you can't have any dam water so I told the dam man to keep his dam water.

[@tedsmith6137]

"world famous"? Someones self importance has grown out of proportion. More like a 'legend in it's own lunchbox.'

[@shanonhuck69]

lol, very true. But .. if it broke... I guarantee you'd hear about it all around the world. The amount of lives that would be lost.. would be catastrophic .