What a wonderful documentary. Brave men working in extreme conditions. I love old vids from the 40s onward steam locomotives,building super structures, etc. Thank you for the upload.
Check out the Donnells Dam construction video. It is a small dam compared to the Glen Canyon Dam, but they had to excavate down around 200 ft. to get to bedrock. And they had to blast solid granite to make the keyway for the dam. It is about 35 miles northeast of me in the Sierras.
THE DOG!!....A 1960 Mack B61 model. As a little boy in 1963 growing up in Seattle Wa that was the FIRST truck I feel in LOVE with..... that's right it was MY FIRST LOVE. Years later it would lead me into the trucking industry which led me to the door steps of Inco Express. While there, I met some of the FINEST professional truck drivers with a GOOD supporting staff of office personel, safety director, shop mechanics and the owner himself, Victor Dipietro........RIP.
Back when they didn't give a shit about the environment. We can still build like that, it's just that today, we actually try to look at the entire picture, not just one small sliver of it.
Excellent video and a reminder of what the previous generations accomplished. I visited GCD as a kid in the early 80s and became obsessed with dams (which hasn't stopped). In college I took a roadtrip to the area with my girlfriend at the time, and we had just missed the last tour of the day. We walked out on the dam, snuck our way into an elevator, and headed all the way down to the power generators for our own tour. Not a good idea, but I will never forget it :-)
Its an incredible sight to see... the difference in mindset in the comments section. Those who understand that man has the RIGHT and is EMPOWERED to create a better future while balancing what nature can provide and what nature demands, with what civilization needs... and those who just blindly hate the idea that MEN might dare strive for better... even IF the dam is the worst thing to ever happen to the canyon; its presence is but a blink of the eye on natures time scale... yet it has yielded thousands of years worth of civilizational development. The irony... the very electrons that are created in the power house there to this day help carry the message of those who would rather see the dam and by extension all it supports, disappear forever.
@@bacilluscereus1299 You obviously have never visited the Glen Canyon Dam, it's far from being over populated. Most parts of the world that are over populated are outside the United States
Really like these old films. Thanks for making it available. I liked the lake and boated on its waters for 20 years. But I also like the idea of it reverting back to its natural state. It almost happened when the lake came close to overtopping the dam. Now it’s drying up and reverting back to the way it was, almost back to before the dam. I know I am planning on exploring what I can of the newly exposed canyons to get some idea of what it was like before the dam. Also will be a lot more peaceful then having dozens of jet ski operators buzzing around.
It's crazy, I see old vids like this and it's just this longing feeling of "That's where I belong"...sometimes it's a really powerful, not sad, but more like I miss it.... I've never been there so how could I miss it? Just something about that time of history is so damn appealing to me, yet here we are in 2021 lol.
Did anyone notice they used Mack's for the heavy duty off road work ? I was there last May, my wife and I stopped there while on vacation. Very interesting place. Seems to be very useful as well.
Yes! What mighty trucks! Love those widowmaker split rim Daytons on the steer axle, drive axles, and semi trailer axles, too. Looks rugged like a truck ought to look!
@@katedaphne4495 Yes, they are a little bigger today because we have higher horsepower engines to handle bigger loads. Being off road, though they were probably carrying some heavy loads, more than allowed for on highway use.
I guess hoover dam was one of the early truly mega projects, 30yrs they're just like here we go again is ust another big wall And of course nothing accelerates development amd industry like a world war
Also hoover for what's its worth was a bit of an arsehole to workers, he knew how to get it done on time and for cheap but it came at a cost He managed a big gold mine here in west Australia before he managed the hoover dam He was ruthless, paid well below the standard wage and imported immigrant workers to avoid paying them at all, wouldn't spend any mony on safety even for the time it was noted But the mine and it's investors prospered It's call gwalia, it's still running today but t has a museum as well avd well woth a visit
There's a fantastic episode of the 1960s tv show "Route 66" titled Layout at Glen Canyon that was filmed entirely on location at the dam and in Page during construction. The episode also features Donna Douglas (aka Elly Mae Clampett), Charles McGraw, and some great shots of a Douglas DC 3.
You couldn’t be more wrong. The dam is doing its critical job. There were many reasons the dam was built. Water storage, flood control, irrigation, power generation and recreation. Every one of these duties is still 100% being performed. As you said the reservoir is still holding significant amounts of water. When the Colorado River floods (and it’s floods are spectacular) the Glenn Canyon Dam is there to hold the huge and deadly water. The Colorado could never support the levels of irrigation it does without its dams. The dam has generated years and years of cheap hydroelectric power. It may be paused until the river cycles through another period of floods. While the pool is currently greatly reduced, the recreation opportunities are fabulous as there are many canyons to discover that have been invisible for more than 40 years. No, Glenn Canyon is still doing the job it was built to do, and the Southwest is still benefiting. . The Colorado goes through incredible cycles. It has done this for millions if not billions of years. Nature doesn’t perform on man’s clock. Nature does what it does. This is the reason behind the planning of a dam that will hold over two years of river flow. (See ? Those old engineers were very smart) They anticipated these cycles. They only had 20% of the flow data we have now. And we only have a pinpoint on a chart of the lifespan of the river. This is a classic human problem seeing something in nature and having no ability to control it. Ask yourself; is Lake Powell 75% empty or 25% full ? The answer defines you.
A great documentary it was incredible how they tamed the Colorado River and tunneled thru the rock to divert the river what a accomplishment for that time in history
A lot of dams were constructed in ways not to be proud of like the dam in the video not only is it covering a beautiful canyon its also flooded thousands of native structures that have been lost under the water. Also, why are you saying the "skills of the white man are truly amazing".
@@RandomRetallingsofRiggins This generation always has some ill informed comments about the so called problems the last generation caused. Without the engineering efforts put in last century you wouldn't have cheap food ,good highways, electricity ,well organised infrastructure and development in the west .The achievements of the people in America last century were phenomenol, now Amerecans can't even decide what sign to put on a bathroom without insulting someone. And I did say the engineering and organisational skills of the White man are amazing because they are. If I was watching a basketball game I would say the ball skills of the blacks are amazing. If you don't like it ,tough!
@@RandomRetallingsofRiggins . Let me respond. Review the film of the construction. How many white men do you see ? In congress (that had to pay for this project) how many of the congress were white men in the 1950’s. Why aren’t you proud of the way the dam was built ?
НУ ДА ГРАНД КАНЬЕН ДА ТАМ КРАСИВО В ОСОБЕНОСТИ НОЧЬЮ И ПРИ ХОРОШЕЙ ПОГОДЕ БЕЗ ОБЛАЧНОСТИ ТАМ КЛАСС НЕБО ВСЕ В СОЗВЕЗДИЯХ ПРЕКРАСНО ВИДНО ХОТЯ ЕГО ВЕЗДЕ ХОРОШО ВИДНО ЗВЕЗДЫ И СОЗВЕЗДИИ НО ТАМ В ОСОБЕНОСТИ КЛЕВО НО ЖАРКО ДЛЯ ТЕХ КТО ЛЮБИТ ЖАРУ ПОНРАВИТСЯ ТАМ
I read all the boo hoo hoo’s. When it snows from October thru February and starts to rain for 3 months nonstop. All y’all protesting, flag waving mask wearing cry cry’s will be painting a rainbow on that damn and holding hands singing songs about that it’s the best damn dam ever .
@@bradleymorris8875 you do know that the glen canyon dam was not built to stop flooding. No one lives and there are on towns on the river for 300 miles.
Hey Bud, about when do you think that will be happening? It was a waste of our tax money then and a gift of cheap water and power to influential developers and did nothing for the native population.
@@interman7715 damages the environment in the canyon and the grand canyons beaches and bars and with continuing drought conditions it loses a lot of the water it holds so its value is decreasing if water flow decreases which is damaging the water ability.
If the Native Americans who inhabited the area had stayed there close enough to see this, to see the demolition, they would have keeled over and died . Edit … (But I’ve never seen a Dam as massive as this made by Indians using primitive tools …. So … hats off to the great men who participated in this incredible feat.)
This was back in the day when the dam actually cost more to build than the cost of fuel to power the trucks and cranes. If we don’t get control over the cost of fuel America will fall behind in construction and farming.
Nothing and I mean nothing happens like this in USA no more...We cant do anything right...I mena California shoud be bulilding 3-5 small reservoirs every year..Havent nuilt one in 30 years..SMH
And where should the land come from for these projects? And who should pay? If people in the west paid the true cost of these projects they might less inclined to overpopulate and overconsume in a desert.
That's because commiefornia is 98% filled with microbrained dimwitts, who can't wipe their own behinds without help anymore. Let alone build something useful.
I'm 78 yrs young, thankful for my right of free speech ! Personally the politicians of that era should have listened to the Sierra Club a little more !!
When the Derwent reservoir was built in County Durham in the UK, there was a man working there called " Jimmy Emptytrailer" Not many people know that !
Keep the dam. Reroute water if necessary or use pumps, because the dam maybe needed someday. Put up a sign "pray for water" LOL obviously doesn't work.
Or maybe before the government hadn’t grown to an enormous, overpowering, bureacratic bunch of tyrants that spent billions upon billions of tax dollars without being accountable for one dime.
Or could it be that it was back when the government hadn’t yet become so huge and run the national deficit in to the trillions where the nation could afford such projects?
@@stewtheman what was dug out was reused to build the bridge and the dam like motor ways the surveyor looks at high places and works that to the low places did that 150 years ago for the railways. go learn something
No 3d plans. No computers we're used to..they (to me) are far better than now engineers .more grey matter..elbow grease.. the men who worked..no women. Would she step up equally??
And this damn being built on Navajo Indian land and the land being taken by the US government I am sure the Navajo Nation has not gotten any compensation for it. The land they were given, and should have had complete knowledge and right to its Lands and resources...
Just read 'The Emerald Mile' and you will discover just how bad damming up the Colorado really is. The construction of the dam is qute amazing, proving how man will rule the earth, until he drives mankind to extinction.. Great effort, too bad the result was not worth it.
Love these old videos..
Remember film Day in grade school 👍
I was thinking the same thing
This is without a doubt the best dam video I’ve ever seen!
It was really dam good!!
Holy shit. The more I wat h the more I'm like WTF
when he tossed the glowing white bolt I was like nahhh this a classico
dam
You're dam right! When men were men.
What a wonderful documentary.
Brave men working in extreme conditions.
I love old vids from the 40s onward steam locomotives,building super structures, etc.
Thank you for the upload.
That's for the history
Remember , there was no air conditioner.
B$. .r
Check out the Donnells Dam construction video. It is a small dam compared to the Glen Canyon Dam, but they had to excavate down around 200 ft. to get to bedrock. And they had to blast solid granite to make the keyway for the dam.
It is about 35 miles northeast of me in the Sierras.
@@mkay1957
Thank you
I'll see if I can find it and watch.
THE DOG!!....A 1960 Mack B61 model. As a little boy in 1963 growing up in Seattle Wa that was the FIRST truck I feel in LOVE with..... that's right it was MY FIRST LOVE. Years later it would lead me into the trucking industry which led me to the door steps of Inco Express. While there, I met some of the FINEST professional truck drivers with a GOOD supporting staff of office personel, safety director, shop mechanics and the owner himself, Victor Dipietro........RIP.
You named a truck "the dog," and you fell in love with it? The way you talk, it's like you popped a boner over this. What a dumbass.
Fond memory, and a great life experience you must have had to speak so well of your peers and friends.
I love the sound of the old trucks. 2stroke Detriot V8’s.
Back in the day when one could build stuff like this in the United States.
Back when they didn't give a shit about the environment. We can still build like that, it's just that today, we actually try to look at the entire picture, not just one small sliver of it.
@@7891phit shouldn’t take 10 years and millions of dollars.
Now everything take 3 times longer to build and 3 times as much money, thanks to greedy shakedown artists working for gubment agencies.
Excellent video and a reminder of what the previous generations accomplished. I visited GCD as a kid in the early 80s and became obsessed with dams (which hasn't stopped). In college I took a roadtrip to the area with my girlfriend at the time, and we had just missed the last tour of the day. We walked out on the dam, snuck our way into an elevator, and headed all the way down to the power generators for our own tour. Not a good idea, but I will never forget it :-)
Its an incredible sight to see... the difference in mindset in the comments section. Those who understand that man has the RIGHT and is EMPOWERED to create a better future while balancing what nature can provide and what nature demands, with what civilization needs... and those who just blindly hate the idea that MEN might dare strive for better... even IF the dam is the worst thing to ever happen to the canyon; its presence is but a blink of the eye on natures time scale... yet it has yielded thousands of years worth of civilizational development. The irony... the very electrons that are created in the power house there to this day help carry the message of those who would rather see the dam and by extension all it supports, disappear forever.
Overpopulation and wasteful practices are a thing.
Moderation and self-critique are good habits.
@@bacilluscereus1299
You obviously have never visited the Glen Canyon Dam, it's far from being over populated. Most parts of the world that are over populated are outside the United States
The power of the west, it's the reason the light's are on
@@bertgrau3934 these guys are called armchair quarterbacks they never even stepped outside , or been to the damn
@@smokingstoking7357
Agreed
I ran the dragline crane at 15:54 for good money. I did a good job too. Well enough they put me in this documentary for you to watch.
please tell us more,love those old b model macks,,,not really i drove one in the 1970s
Gee, you must be 130 years old. !!??
@@harolddalesr8365 I ate a lot of spinach. 🥬 Before this job, I helped dig the foundation at the Empire State Building.
You are funny. Good sense of humor.
We're you also a highway man back in the 1600s? Will you also fly a starship across the universe divine?
The Glen Canyon Bridge was open for traffic in 1955. I was there.
Holy cow, that means.....you are OLD!
Really like these old films. Thanks for making it available. I liked the lake and boated on its waters for 20 years. But I also like the idea of it reverting back to its natural state. It almost happened when the lake came close to overtopping the dam. Now it’s drying up and reverting back to the way it was, almost back to before the dam. I know I am planning on exploring what I can of the newly exposed canyons to get some idea of what it was like before the dam. Also will be a lot more peaceful then having dozens of jet ski operators buzzing around.
And I saved the dam from washing away !!!
@@harolddalesr8365 and exactly how did lil ol you accomplish this great feat?
It's crazy, I see old vids like this and it's just this longing feeling of "That's where I belong"...sometimes it's a really powerful, not sad, but more like I miss it.... I've never been there so how could I miss it? Just something about that time of history is so damn appealing to me, yet here we are in 2021 lol.
Calendar check!!!
smallpox, polio and segregation. sign me up!!
@@bacilluscereus1299 Covid Abortion and 6 dollar gas, sign me up. (Thanks for the gas prices Joe voters.)
Wow, My best friend, I liked the video very much, thanks you for sharing, stay safe, stay blessed
Thank you Mark and SNWA team!
Did anyone notice they used Mack's for the heavy duty off road work ?
I was there last May, my wife and I stopped there while on vacation. Very interesting place. Seems to be very useful as well.
Yes! What mighty trucks! Love those widowmaker split rim Daytons on the steer axle, drive axles, and semi trailer axles, too. Looks rugged like a truck ought to look!
They are called big rigs and are much larger today.
@@katedaphne4495
Yes, they are a little bigger today because we have higher horsepower engines to handle bigger loads. Being off road, though they were probably carrying some heavy loads, more than allowed for on highway use.
Thanks for the dam video!
Roughly 30 years separate Hoover Dam & Glen Canyon Dam. The safety and construction techniques are night and day comparing the two
I guess hoover dam was one of the early truly mega projects,
30yrs they're just like here we go again is ust another big wall
And of course nothing accelerates development amd industry like a world war
Also hoover for what's its worth was a bit of an arsehole to workers, he knew how to get it done on time and for cheap but it came at a cost
He managed a big gold mine here in west Australia before he managed the hoover dam
He was ruthless, paid well below the standard wage and imported immigrant workers to avoid paying them at all, wouldn't spend any mony on safety even for the time it was noted
But the mine and it's investors prospered
It's call gwalia, it's still running today but t has a museum as well avd well woth a visit
@@fowletm1992 Wow! Former Pres Hoover ran the Glen Canyon dam project ? He was dead three years when the dam was finished . Quite a feat!
@@billmcdonald9115 that claim was never made. Might want to read it again.
@@bennichols561 To quote fowletm1992 "before he managed the hoover dam". You may want to read fowletm1992 again.
There's a fantastic episode of the 1960s tv show "Route 66" titled Layout at Glen Canyon that was filmed entirely on location at the dam and in Page during construction. The episode also features Donna Douglas (aka Elly Mae Clampett), Charles McGraw, and some great shots of a Douglas DC 3.
Cool I plan to watch it.Thanks
Great old video. Thanks
Yeah glad to see how people in the past messed up the environment for future generations
@@enrijuan96 How ?
@@interman7715 look up lake Powell
A very informative and enjoyable picture show.
You couldn’t be more wrong. The dam is doing its critical job. There were many reasons the dam was built. Water storage, flood control, irrigation, power generation and recreation. Every one of these duties is still 100% being performed. As you said the reservoir is still holding significant amounts of water. When the Colorado River floods (and it’s floods are spectacular) the Glenn Canyon Dam is there to hold the huge and deadly water. The Colorado could never support the levels of irrigation it does without its dams. The dam has generated years and years of cheap hydroelectric power. It may be paused until the river cycles through another period of floods. While the pool is currently greatly reduced, the recreation opportunities are fabulous as there are many canyons to discover that have been invisible for more than 40 years. No, Glenn Canyon is still doing the job it was built to do, and the Southwest is still benefiting.
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The Colorado goes through incredible cycles. It has done this for millions if not billions of years. Nature doesn’t perform on man’s clock. Nature does what it does. This is the reason behind the planning of a dam that will hold over two years of river flow. (See ? Those old engineers were very smart) They anticipated these cycles. They only had 20% of the flow data we have now. And we only have a pinpoint on a chart of the lifespan of the river. This is a classic human problem seeing something in nature and having no ability to control it. Ask yourself; is Lake Powell 75% empty or 25% full ? The answer defines you.
You weren't here a billion years ago, Arizona is a new state, it's after California, California is reason the West is populated,not Arizona.
@@smokingstoking7357 And your post makes no (dam) sense.
@@smokingstoking7357
I would rather live in Arizona than Communistfornia any day
@@mattsprayberry0 you are full of crap, the governor was your hero Ronald Reagan, so just shut up.
@@mattsprayberry0 you should move to Alabama with Vicky White and Casey White, a bunch of inbred Republican moron festival State.
No DEF or particulate filters in sight, love them old solid rigs
Thank you for putting this video up
Wonderful documentary
Man ! Those conveyor belts are hauling ass !!
400 thousand 12 yard buckets of concrete dropped on site from 1960 to 63, amazing!
A great documentary it was incredible how they tamed the Colorado River and tunneled thru the rock to divert the river what a accomplishment for that time in history
The engineering and organisational skills of the White man are truly amazing.
A lot of dams were constructed in ways not to be proud of like the dam in the video not only is it covering a beautiful canyon its also flooded thousands of native structures that have been lost under the water. Also, why are you saying the "skills of the white man are truly amazing".
@@RandomRetallingsofRiggins This generation always has some ill informed comments about the so called problems the last generation caused. Without the engineering efforts put in last century you wouldn't have cheap food ,good highways, electricity ,well organised infrastructure and development in the west .The achievements of the people in America last century were phenomenol, now Amerecans can't even decide what sign to put on a bathroom without insulting someone. And I did say the engineering and organisational skills of the White man are amazing because they are. If I was watching a basketball game I would say the ball skills of the blacks are amazing. If you don't like it ,tough!
@@RandomRetallingsofRiggins . Let me respond. Review the film of the construction. How many white men do you see ? In congress (that had to pay for this project) how many of the congress were white men in the 1950’s. Why aren’t you proud of the way the dam was built ?
@@RandomRetallingsofRiggins because they are
_White_ man, with a capital *W*
That’s the best damn site I’ve ever seen.
What a feat of engineering marvel! Those men had nerves of steel!👌😳👍amazing!
Man , the infrastructure just to build this damn is crazy.
Amazing,awesome ! what else can I say?
Just a rolling to the sea.NOT ANY MORE !Damn that damn dam !Oh and I believe that is Victor Jory narrating?GOD BLESS 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 AMERICA !!!
Take note TH-camrs, that's how a documentary is done.
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what year was this old film and build the bridge...
how long build the bridge to completely
I bet nobody would ever have thought that all that water would be almost gone
it goes all the time
only thing it is becoming less from the hills
Anyone here who lived in Page during the years the dam was being constructed? What are your recollections of that time?
Man j love these oldé Yankee 50's Documentaries
Thé Narrator evén soundś Lyké Robbié thé Rôbót ¡¡¡¡
If my ear is correct, that’s Paul Harvey. Best voice ever!
in the credits is
one named
MAYER now part of MGM Metro Goldwyn & Meyer film makers.
at 15.04 rolling coal brill cream and cigarettes' and guts that's it an era long gone my friends
In a B 61 Mack!
You did what to who for how many jellybeans????
This is done WITHOUT the EPA interfering!
God bless these men they build the beauty for many generations to come, God bless America.
I wish I’d work on that project
And almost 60 years later ?
I would love to live in this Era of massive public works programs without a bunch of govt red tape
Actually government regulations were stronger then than they are now. Nice try, dummy.
@@csn6234 how so?
@@csn6234 oh ya?? dummy. What have you ever built in your life that required dealing w/ the b.s. of todays environmental wack jobs?
@@csn6234 no they weren't
8:48 anyone knows the model of this machine ? please
no clue ? i just wondered if anybody else noticed it . i bet it was a hoot to operate
In the mining industry, I believe it's called a "mucker".
@@1tulip yes it is, unfortunately i can't find the model
НУ ДА ГРАНД КАНЬЕН ДА ТАМ КРАСИВО В ОСОБЕНОСТИ НОЧЬЮ И ПРИ ХОРОШЕЙ ПОГОДЕ БЕЗ ОБЛАЧНОСТИ ТАМ КЛАСС НЕБО ВСЕ В СОЗВЕЗДИЯХ ПРЕКРАСНО ВИДНО ХОТЯ ЕГО ВЕЗДЕ ХОРОШО ВИДНО ЗВЕЗДЫ И СОЗВЕЗДИИ НО ТАМ В ОСОБЕНОСТИ КЛЕВО НО ЖАРКО ДЛЯ ТЕХ КТО ЛЮБИТ ЖАРУ ПОНРАВИТСЯ ТАМ
Why is dangling rope closed
Currently you would be dangling over a dry canyon. The water level has dropped below the level of the marina.
Interesting!
I read all the boo hoo hoo’s. When it snows from October thru February and starts to rain for 3 months nonstop. All y’all protesting, flag waving mask wearing cry cry’s will be painting a rainbow on that damn and holding hands singing songs about that it’s the best damn dam ever .
What are you trying to say?
@@michaelkoppenhoefer5910 I already said it.
@@bradleymorris8875 you do know that the glen canyon dam was not built to stop flooding. No one lives and there are on towns on the river for 300 miles.
Hey Bud, about when do you think that will be happening? It was a waste of our tax money then and a gift of cheap water and power to influential developers and did nothing for the native population.
@@P_Rund1952 Bud weis eeeeeeeeeeeer.
How’s the water in Tahoe lately.
Powell and Mead are going dry
Tahoe is full.
@@mrlaw711 can’t take the water away from the elite!!!
And they had a band playing?
No profane language was used in the making of this film, damnit!
Do you have to use so many durned curse words?
What a beautiful structure
Too bad it’s gonna fuck the environment and drinkable water
@@enrijuan96 Ah you Liberals are too much. Go have your mommy make you another Hot Pocket.
@@enrijuan96 Why?
@@interman7715 damages the environment in the canyon and the grand canyons beaches and bars and with continuing drought conditions it loses a lot of the water it holds so its value is decreasing if water flow decreases which is damaging the water ability.
@@enrijuan96 you know what go grab your backpack and a tent hike out in the woods and see how long you last you stupid son of a b****
If the Native Americans who inhabited the area had stayed there close enough to see this, to see the demolition, they would have keeled over and died .
Edit … (But I’ve never seen a Dam as massive as this made by Indians using primitive tools …. So … hats off to the great men who participated in this incredible feat.)
they did stayed closed , few miles up the road is a part of native American lands
United States 🇺🇸 Department of interior design!!!!
This was back in the day when the dam actually cost more to build than the cost of fuel to power the trucks and cranes. If we don’t get control over the cost of fuel America will fall behind in construction and farming.
That's already happening sadly
Electricity and machines is going to be the next problem
Nothing and I mean nothing happens like this in USA no more...We cant do anything right...I mena California shoud be bulilding 3-5 small reservoirs every year..Havent nuilt one in 30 years..SMH
And where should the land come from for these projects? And who should pay? If people in the west paid the true cost of these projects they might less inclined to overpopulate and overconsume in a desert.
That's because commiefornia is 98% filled with microbrained dimwitts, who can't wipe their own behinds without help anymore. Let alone build something useful.
I had that same band and ribbon cutting ceremony when I finally got my fucking driveway poured after the great cement powder shortage of 2022...
I cleaned port-a-pottys at the construction site of the dam. There was a lot of shit going on.
Wow. Dude, that was stupid.
Still is some things don't change
In memory of Ed Abbey.
Thank you 👍
Those concrete guys. "Yup put the sign on it that's the last bucket we need."
10 minutes later...."We need one more bucket."
usually the way finish off when big bugs gone
And what do we do now that this wasn't even enough
They need bigger buckets.
Back when the government actually fucking did something...
Theres a little beaver in all of us.
Mi padre era un de los mineros que cavaba los túneles en 1958.
Pez Gallo The both of us are Proud of Your Dad .
I'm 78 yrs young, thankful for my right of free speech ! Personally the politicians of that era should have listened to the Sierra Club a little more !!
Now it's Lake Foul ....
I’m sure the Navajo Indians were thrilled
When the Derwent reservoir was built in County Durham in the UK, there was a man working there called " Jimmy Emptytrailer" Not many people know that !
Not doing much these days then.
Keep the dam. Reroute water if necessary or use pumps, because the dam maybe needed someday.
Put up a sign "pray for water" LOL obviously doesn't work.
Bro just casually tossed a glowing white bolt and was caught just as casually.
Wtf. This video is a hidden banger
try a rivet
olly
bolts no good being white hot.
LOL...now the hydro plant may soon be shut down since the water level is soo low.
Talk about flying low!
very cool ty
I built the whole dam by myself
Oh aren't you a funny one?
DAMn GOOD JOB THEN
@@raypitts4880 thank you
Back when the rich paid their fair share share of taxes there was money left over for massive projects like this.
Or maybe before the government hadn’t grown to an enormous, overpowering, bureacratic bunch of tyrants that spent billions upon billions of tax dollars without being accountable for one dime.
Or could it be that it was back when the government hadn’t yet become so huge and run the national deficit in to the trillions where the nation could afford such projects?
Are you kidding me? The government has squandered more money on pork than anything else. I would tell you to pull your……. Never mind
Ah, the Bureau of Wreclamation. Somebody had to have stood back and said, "that dam will be there forever!". Too bad the lake might not be. 😁😁😁
The first sentence is not exactly true. Does the Colorado even make it to the sea anymore? Nope. Any purpose that this dam had is no longer.
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Just imagine the amount of precious minerals and fossils that where unfortunately discarded.
Discarded? They simply moved piles of earth around. Nothing unfortunate about that.
@@stewtheman what was dug out was reused to build the bridge and the dam
like motor ways
the surveyor looks at high places and works that to the low places
did that 150 years ago for the railways.
go learn something
So many diversions for this once great river that it is now dead.
Man has to decide when it comes to the last drop of diesel , nascar or wheat?
The Colorado flowed to the ocean. Now there is no good water in California except bottled water.
Your governor and other politicians are useless scumbags
Sad most natives still don't have running water safe to drink in northern Arizona
Why don't they fix that? Or are they waiting for the government to do it for them?
@@electrolytics money thats why.
wow
I didn't realize the amount of B.S. drama they wrote in to this stuff till now.
No 3d plans. No computers we're used to..they (to me) are far better than now engineers .more grey matter..elbow grease.. the men who worked..no women. Would she step up equally??
It's wasn't good while it lasted, so let me tell you the rest of the story.
And this damn being built on Navajo Indian land and the land being taken by the US government I am sure the Navajo Nation has not gotten any compensation for it. The land they were given, and should have had complete knowledge and right to its Lands and resources...
and now the mega drought
If it hits Deadpool , Then What?
No more water or power for commiefornia. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Just read 'The Emerald Mile' and you will discover just how bad damming up the Colorado really is.
The construction of the dam is qute amazing, proving how man will rule the earth, until he drives mankind to extinction..
Great effort, too bad the result was not worth it.
It's ok punkin. Send me your address and I will send you your very own cry closet.
Narrated by George Washington
Awesome. Unfortunately it’s time to remove the Glen Canyon Dam.
Wow now its almost empty.
This is activity of a species dooming itself to extinction.
Glen canyon is feked boiiiiiii
Go back to commiefornia and rant all you want. Oh, learn how to spell, princess
Very disappointing
Not to worry , Earth is a cyclical event. The rains will come when American gets on the righteous trail.