Mike Rowe examines how the Hoover Dam electrifies America

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  • @dertythegrower
    @dertythegrower 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Always love Mike Rowe documentary work

  • @djolley61
    @djolley61 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Was fortunate to be able to tour Hoover Dam some decades ago. The sound of the water rushing through the dam into the turbines is awesome.

    • @TheExplosiveGuy
      @TheExplosiveGuy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same here, I was pretty young but I still remember everything, looking down the side was insane. I particularly remember being fascinated by the size of the generators, I was a tinkerer as a child and knew all about electric motors and generators by that time and couldn't comprehend the sheer amount of power each of them were making and how a motor/generator could be made _that_ big. That's actually pretty funny thinking about that now considering that throughout my career as a machinist I've worked on industrial scale parts for steel foundries, dams, Boeing manufacturing equipment (lots of little stuff and one project for a building-sized machine that laid carbon fiber tape for the wings of 787s) and SpaceX machinery, to name a few, and a lot of those old childhood questions I had have been answered for a long time lol...

  • @blainegabbertgabonemhofgoa6602
    @blainegabbertgabonemhofgoa6602 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Back when America could actually build … now we can’t even fix a pot hole

  • @EddieVBlueIsland
    @EddieVBlueIsland 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Mike Rowe - doing a job that NEEDS to be done. Thanks Mike for making hard dirty jobs appreaciated again.

  • @davenkathy101
    @davenkathy101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Most of what I know of hydroelectric, coal, nuclear, power comes from my father in law, foreman, millwright for a major contractor. He much preferd the clean hydroelectric generators. A coal fired turbine is a very dirty job. Big bucks though.

    • @MadmaxMusic93
      @MadmaxMusic93 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly dirty crappy coal... we need Hydroelectric power or just electric

  • @vinnieg6161
    @vinnieg6161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'd never watch fox but it's Mike Rowe
    Also Edison didn't invent the light bulb

  • @briansmith8730
    @briansmith8730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    After visiting Las Vegas several years ago and seeing an entire strip of buildings dedicated to gratifying the basest and most vile of human vices, I had my faith in humanity completely restored by visiting the Hoover Dam. Where the Las Vegas strip highlights some of the worst in human behavior, the Hoover Dam reflects the best in human excellence, determination, and bravery. It is a magnificent structure, built during a desperate time by people with backbones of steel. And, as a kind of exclamation point, the finish work on the outside of the dam is done in an Art Deco style, as if to say, “Not only are the builders of this dam the best in the world at what they do, they look good doing it.”

  • @nmoran2046
    @nmoran2046 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That’s a decent size uga duga gun

  • @thisisgame
    @thisisgame 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    is there a part 2 ?

  • @ethansprofile6670
    @ethansprofile6670 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mike, the original generators are from Allis Motors from Milwaukee!

  • @Flyforawhiteguy1982
    @Flyforawhiteguy1982 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Love Mike. Glad he brought back dirty jobs. One of the best shows on tv ever

    • @lordfox9596
      @lordfox9596 ปีที่แล้ว

      Daar heb jij groot gelijk

  • @d4ngerd4n
    @d4ngerd4n 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    4:28 She does her inspections by the book I respect that

    • @wyattforrest1879
      @wyattforrest1879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She has too or she is fired

    • @taylorc2542
      @taylorc2542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sadly I know how BoR jobs work; and she only has that job because she's a women and minority.

    • @wyattforrest1879
      @wyattforrest1879 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@taylorc2542 Lmafo sure

  • @thereissomecoolstuff
    @thereissomecoolstuff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks Mike, heading down to Vegas tomorrow. Will remember this episode.

  • @FuctByTheGovernment
    @FuctByTheGovernment 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Edison didn't invent the lightbulb he just took the design and improved it.

  • @jonslg240
    @jonslg240 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I absolutely love all the puns in this lol

  • @jimprice1959
    @jimprice1959 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video. I used to give tours at Bonneville Lock & Dam on the Columbia River. A few mistakes though. Water is not "pumped." It flows down through penstocks via gravity and turns the turbines. Also.. the generator power wouldn't be expressed in Megawatts per hour. That would be like saying my car engine produces 150 Horsepower per hour. Power is expressed in Megawatts. Energy in Megawatt-Hours. A copywriter with an engineering background could help.

  • @ComputerGeek18
    @ComputerGeek18 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As a machinist, I got a good chuckle out of the no-metric sticker on Jason's ID.

    • @ai4px
      @ai4px 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There are two kinds of countries…. Those who built Hoover dam and put a man on the moon and those who use metric.
      On serious note, I use metric every day at my job and it is a superior system. But I do enjoy the joke above.

  • @mls8668
    @mls8668 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That was DOPE! Love me some Mike Rowe 👍

  • @rollandhartenfeld3259
    @rollandhartenfeld3259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It amazes me how many people do their jobs so well. We need to be thankful for their dedication and knowledge

  • @carlmead5520
    @carlmead5520 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mike you are the best keep up the great job thanks again for your time and knowledge

  • @TwinShards
    @TwinShards 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The _dam_ amount of pun Mike Rowe was in _charge_ to make is amazing.

  • @dougadams9419
    @dougadams9419 ปีที่แล้ว

    3 Seasons from 2021-2022. According to IMDB, This is Season 1 Episode 4, or what Fox Business took a clip from. 1 hour each episode. Can't find it on the Internet anywhere.

  • @BradFalck-mn3pc
    @BradFalck-mn3pc ปีที่แล้ว

    While Hoover dam is impressive what is also extremely impressive is the enormous hydro electric capacity that Canada has built in Quebec and British Columbia with 1/16th the population of America and now supplies the northeast and southwest with power when needed🇨🇦🇺🇸

  • @DCDLaserCNC
    @DCDLaserCNC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I always love Mike Rowe videos!

  • @opieshomeshop
    @opieshomeshop ปีที่แล้ว

    *_Those polyurethane wheels are not original to the 1930s. We didn't have those until the mid 1970s._*

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    @eldstgilmorbarboydodellatb4413 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    💚💚💚💚 bookmark/notes : bottoms up turdbine 🥃…..ect…..tbc…..-g-b, bot

  • @32ndspecialist
    @32ndspecialist ปีที่แล้ว

    I was in the Army & had an injury during duty. When I recovered I went to trade school through the Voc rehab program. This program paid for my education as well as a small amount to care for my family while in school. I feel fortunate my brain injury occurred while in the service otherwise I may be destitute from the medical bills alone.

  • @neilfeinberg7825
    @neilfeinberg7825 ปีที่แล้ว

    Saw a history channel documentary on the Hoover dam. It's someone s job to remove quaga mussels from the intake pipes so they don't clog and overheat the generator!

  • @gmariet1391
    @gmariet1391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I enjoyed that alot ! My hope is that there's too notch SECURITY considering the signs of the times!

    • @74the_magpie
      @74the_magpie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes when I visited year 2006, no one was down there. Glad they are there.

  • @jeffrywilliams71
    @jeffrywilliams71 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Keep doing what you're doing 👍👍👍

  • @tylermoormann8850
    @tylermoormann8850 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is very interesting mike,have to do this everyday for a living . Europe, Canada, everywhere

  • @mikefinley4367
    @mikefinley4367 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Rolling blackouts, possible national blackout, can't seem to maintain the grid so let's put thousands of electric cars in use, what a plan!

    • @Bangabalunga
      @Bangabalunga 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Let's have useless foreign wars rather than upgrade our electricity grid. Specially foreign wars where we just pack up and leave having achieved nothing. What a plan!

    • @mikefinley4367
      @mikefinley4367 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Bangabalunga It was a lie to begin with by the sellout republicans known as the Bush presidents who as does the left, support the U.N. agenda for a one world hov / dictatorship instead of America and exactly why they all hate Trump. He isn't a player, not on board with the sneeky agenda and in fact began reversing Thier Implemented tactics right away. Open borders is a U.N. policy to merge USA, Canada & Mexico as region 2 just as the E.U. is region 1

  • @B-rad303
    @B-rad303 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    In about 10 to 15 years you're going to be able to stand where the lake was. And look up at the intakes.

  • @alexmaccity
    @alexmaccity ปีที่แล้ว

    You should examine why it isn't called the fdr dam

  • @rodeoclownobama5796
    @rodeoclownobama5796 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    yeah everytime my gf cooks there is burnt smell, you know something is wrong

  • @cypriankatongojr7714
    @cypriankatongojr7714 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:23 I see very electrifying puns by Mike😂😂😂😂

  • @tmccaw21
    @tmccaw21 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    A licensed electrician is running her bare fingers over controller wiring on the elevator to find issues? This is a joke right?

  • @life50150
    @life50150 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Electronics kit handle the American made materia l unlike these electric parts
    malfunction all the time

  • @jumbomuffin1316
    @jumbomuffin1316 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Right and how old is it?… and everything else in this country?

  • @josephfbuck
    @josephfbuck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well they just forgot to ask Elon Musk to build a gigafactory does a neon musk have all backup power supplies for his plants I mean he sells a battery pack for your house why does the back up our power grid we only have to buy 20% of our daily power from overseas maybe he can help increase that

  • @shannonconley5316
    @shannonconley5316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A Job worth doing, is worth doing well.

  • @rogerrathbun444
    @rogerrathbun444 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    No LOTO when working on the elevator ?

  • @bopitbull3957
    @bopitbull3957 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hope there's like a hundred of those filters The amount of muscles and garbage was like an atom compared to how much water flows through there.

  • @803fishn6
    @803fishn6 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The NCR and Legion. That is all.

  • @singahsung712
    @singahsung712 ปีที่แล้ว

    7:59 I lost it when i met Jason Takeshita what a name😂😂

  • @PeterPeter-fo8df
    @PeterPeter-fo8df 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It electrifies Las Vegas and Southern California...not all of America

  • @UltraMagaFan
    @UltraMagaFan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If lake mead keeps dropping like it’s been doing that dam ain’t gonna be making electricity anymore. People need to stop moving into the desert. Droughts and the fact that it was built in the 30s and can no longer keep up with modern water demands is gonna screw a bunch of people over. I really hope that doesn’t happen. This operation is pretty cool.

  • @user-ww6zj1qv9i
    @user-ww6zj1qv9i 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

  • @stephenlong3801
    @stephenlong3801 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw one woman. Doing good work.

  • @bks7842
    @bks7842 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How/where can I view full episodes of how America Works?

  • @tonyatwood1353
    @tonyatwood1353 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great show! Now if we could only get joe biden to watch it, He probably would`nt understand it anyway..........Lets Go Brandon!!!

  • @anthonymarino4260
    @anthonymarino4260 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    NOTHING FIOR GRANTED

  • @SHAD0WZOMBIE
    @SHAD0WZOMBIE 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    glad we have people like penny to oversee the electronics of our nations infrastructure..

  • @cybertrk
    @cybertrk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Put solar and batteries on all those homes and restore the river.
    Astroturf all those stupid golf courses too

  • @raivis923
    @raivis923 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    for how «important» their jobs is, they sure do like to say «i think so» not «i know so»

  • @jimpikoulis6726
    @jimpikoulis6726 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes summer is here and they need to work SLOW not FAST

  • @eldstgilmorbarboydodellatb4413
    @eldstgilmorbarboydodellatb4413 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    💚🤘🏿

  • @EmperorTyrael
    @EmperorTyrael 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember when I had to drove the NCR and Legion out of Hoover Dam for Mr. House

  • @carlosventura4413
    @carlosventura4413 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Like god fam?

  • @recklessjunkie
    @recklessjunkie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why cut short?

  • @SHANNNNN0_
    @SHANNNNN0_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Charles is a 🐐

  • @Sundog0811
    @Sundog0811 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Buy kadena

  • @jeffreylawdermilt4139
    @jeffreylawdermilt4139 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    IBEW LU 995!

  • @RichardinNC1
    @RichardinNC1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've done a dam tour. Amazing place.

  • @Lunarphantom99
    @Lunarphantom99 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Seen the Hoover dam over "Thanksgiving weekend"

  • @josephbennett3482
    @josephbennett3482 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those dam employees gotta be crazy to ride on top of the dam elevator.

  • @EPTXMAN
    @EPTXMAN 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Penny smelled and felt some wires and relayed the info to Eric.

  • @chrismarichalar7919
    @chrismarichalar7919 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    was there last september but they had it closed due to the scamdemic

  • @kevinking5290
    @kevinking5290 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wouldn’t one already have the pins pre lathed ?

  • @jamesgarrison6430
    @jamesgarrison6430 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    They have cnc that could knock that out in a hart beat

  • @julius3066
    @julius3066 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    why are all these videos half done?

  • @BradHouser
    @BradHouser 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    At 8:34 "Water is pumped from upstream and into a generator's turbine". There is no pump, it is gravity pushing the water. When the water level is too low, less ⚡ is generated.

    • @blaydCA
      @blaydCA 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      CORRECT! I caught that also. (See also: penstock) The only pumped water goes to Los Angeles which does generate power downslope to recover some of the power used to pump it over the mountains.

  • @jamesgarrison6430
    @jamesgarrison6430 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    She is tiny or he is massive

  • @ice9594
    @ice9594 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It won’t produce much electricity as of next year if the drought persists.

  • @hardknot
    @hardknot 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where’s the whole videos

  • @tracyj.angela4090
    @tracyj.angela4090 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Intellectweb are the best..

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    @tracyj.angela4090 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @clashwiththefam1015
    @clashwiththefam1015 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    We need the full episodes

  • @repooc1961
    @repooc1961 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jason "Takeashita"?

  • @billyyank2198
    @billyyank2198 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dam good video.

  • @kingtut5923
    @kingtut5923 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not that great

  • @dicktimpano8807
    @dicktimpano8807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thanks for this video. I worked for our local electrical utility for 42+ years on the Distribution side. I knew very little about generation issues. Great video! 👍

  • @bluemagoo3116
    @bluemagoo3116 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good job

  • @andreforbes
    @andreforbes 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where can I wath the full episodes?

  • @jhogan1960
    @jhogan1960 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Penny's partner carries her water. In the rush to incorporate women into the trades in the name of equality; the men still do the heavy lifting, while management virtual signals their commitment to 'diversity' and 'inclusion'. All the while, the quality of the work suffers while the guys have to run interference or the chix. I'm in water treatment and we see it all the time in our field.

    • @BrassAxe
      @BrassAxe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You've made a lot of assumptions. She's an Army vet who started as a student laborer in 2007 and went into the Power system apprenticeship program in 2011. You know, apprenticeships, the type of education we lost in the USA, and she started from the bottom up. The type of work ethic we crave. You must be fun to work with.

  • @marlinpruett8343
    @marlinpruett8343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ! Let’s go, Brandon! Let’s go, Brandon! Let’s go, Brandon! Let’s go, Brandon! Let’s go, Brandon

  • @dannylamb9041
    @dannylamb9041 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well, to begin with the Hoover dam doesn't electrify America. At 2080 mwg it barely has the capacity to supply average demand for Arizona.

  • @DimensionMachine
    @DimensionMachine 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am shocked that in that obviously very safe and highly regulated environment I saw almost nobody wearing safety glasses including a few times when they really could have needed them, their boss could not have been pleased when he watched this.

  • @glutenfreegam3r177
    @glutenfreegam3r177 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I will NEVER understand why many engineers and machinists are NOT using the metric system.

    • @GFSwinger1693
      @GFSwinger1693 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Because it is not up to Engineers and Machinists to decide what system is used. This often comes from customer or industry standards. In th case of Hoover dam it is a legacy standard from the era this facility was constructed.

  • @rbrowning9617
    @rbrowning9617 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful mini-documentary.
    Very interesting.

  • @74the_magpie
    @74the_magpie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Mike, good show!

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    @richardv.connelly621 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Intellectweb are the best

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  • @carolynbarney1265
    @carolynbarney1265 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Deffinite infrastructure NEEDED .🕊💫♥️🏜

  • @YourDadsBoyfriend
    @YourDadsBoyfriend 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh ya partial episodes are fun to watch... it like being in high school all over again only learning part of the process

  • @sweetpeaches6538
    @sweetpeaches6538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    AWESOME SHOW FOX NEWS.
    THANKS FOR YOUR HELP MIKE...
    GOD BLESS AMERICA...