EPA regs prohibit simply blowing up the dam. The silt behind the dam is considered haz mat and inspectors will be testing downstream for turbidity and contaminants from the equipment. The contractor actually loses money the longer the work goes on. No one is "milking" this job. In fact, it's a beautiful thing. I've been lucky enough to be part of similar projects in the PNW. I just feel bad for the hammer operator working the spillway because one of the other xcav's needs to clear spoils for him before he breaks a hydraulic line using his hammer for a rake. The number of dislikes here is directly proportional to the ignorance of the dislikers.
Thats one reason this country is faltering. Hazmat my ass. Look at all the work the CCC did in the 30s. They could build a bridge with mostly hand labor in less time than it would take to get a diversion permitt these days. I mean its gotten so bad that a culvert replacement in my area took 6 months. It took one week to install it in the 60s. The red tape and paperwork is out of control.
@@davids.9834 Yep, regulations can be okay, but not when they get so damn extreme. A happy median must be found that protects the environment but also allows for capital investment and business to thrive.
@Mike Smith Not that familiar with 360s are you mike....see them big fat hoses to the breaker? yea? that's because they are external, and they are vulnerable.
Am I the only one that was bummed out that he built it up for us to see the walkway come tumbling down... but then he turned the drone and was like "Psych!"
Thanks for the videos, very interesting and good narration! I believe bringing down most of the massive amount of dams built in the 20th century is a good idea. Especially ones that no longer serve an appreciable purpose and harm the natural environment.
That's amazing that no protective device was used to isolate the concrete chunks and dust from the river water. Clean Water Act says you have to have one. That was in the 70's, 50 years ago.
I would love to see follow-up reporting on how the ecology changes/recovers as time passes. It was seriously affected when the dam was completed and now being removed, will change once more. Will it return to what it once was or will it change to something different to that area? Here is a chance for research on how we can repair what humans have done to this planet.
Yes so intelligent to remove green energy… I bet you have electric power in your home and at work while you complain about what humans do . Not to Mention you live in a home made from trees and pollute the air with your car … All the while whining about what humans do… You are brilliant 🤦🏼♂️
Phantom 4 Pro V2 Quad Copter is actually a nice choice to consider wow...I thought it was going to be something more elite! I had a Phantom 3 Pro and hated it for it's ability to throw itself into the ground 3 times while I owned it. Rest in pieces P3 as you were what the P4 was likely supposed to be LOL.
EdgeCrusher78 Credentials are just notes on pieces of paper, to say you read some books, and parroted back the answers in an exam. Experience trumps credentials every time. You get a guy with top credentials, along side a guy with 40 years experience, I know which guy I'm having on my team. Many a good idea, worked out by a guy with all the credentials, has been drawn up in the office, but once that idea gets in the field, with the guy with the experience of actually doing it, that idea ain't worth the paper its drawn on. Think I'm wrong, just look at any war in history. That may be extreme example, but it involves the guys with the highest "credentials." So you see, credentials aren't worth shit, when in the presence of experience.
@@RSR423 credentials include experience. Anyone with good credentials, ie degrees, licenses, certifications, and yes experience, wouldn't seriously think blowing the dam up would be a better idea than dismantling it the way these guys did.
It's amazing to see how many times the same questions and comments are voiced. "Why are they taking the dam down, why don't they use explosives"....."It's pronounced Ex cavator, not Es cavator"
ROCK DRILL, CENTRAL CHARGE BORES, POOF 2', HOWEVER MUCH YOU WANT...way more efficient you dimbulbs.....prep work..downstream rock strain basin...past that conservation departments...................ENGINEERS MY GOD...COMMON SENSE?? GOOD SENSE!!!! I'd bet a demolition expert(which I'm not) could do it with out much machinery.
Fish runs out of Lake Erie should be vastly improved. Water temperature and increased oxygenation levels should do wonders for the health of the Sandusky
Kool. So there are two pipe line holes, one in the middle of the dam and one to the right. Is one of those one that used to feed the Hunted Hydro? What did the other pipe go to? thanks for the video
Id be really curious why not remove this dam then replace ot with hydro electric dam. Just clean up the silt and debris from the old dam then make some jobs and electricity for the area. I know it would be a huge expense but im sure local power generation could only help the locals. Just a thought.
someone said something about pollutants, a newly built upland reservoir and fish migration being reasons for this being obsolete. it served its purpose and now it must go.
@@AnAerialViewPoint I'm sure it served a purpose at one time but if major repairs needed to be made, was that from neglect or did the dams purpose fade over time w/ maintenance funds diverted to other needs? Whatever the cause for those major repairs & the reason the dam needed to be demolished, that must've been an expensive undertaking. Was there State/Federal money for the county to proceed w/ removal?
Many may not know this, but since the Declaration of Independence was signed, on average, there has been just under one dam per day built. Most were low head dams (a dam being 3 ft high or higher). That makes us a dam nation..
I agree also, too many extremist wanting to take away from others what we already have, the people living there I am sure want the dam. the extremeist want to spend other peoples money to take down a structure that the locals want, disgusting
What was the dam built for when it was constructed? If nobody remembers history will be relived again in that area.just as soon as the rains comes or the drought comes or even energy shortage comes with high power shortage price increases
Dams have a relatively short lifespan in part because of silt buildup behind the dam. In addition removal of the dam restores wetlands on the river and the repopulation by native fish. Far to many dams were built in America with many negative consequences to the environment as well dramatically reducing fish populations. Thankfully dam removal is a sign we are beginning to change our destructive and self serving ways. But is it going fast enough?? Dam removal is just one piece in the puzzle.
What are the gains of this dam coming down, vs the losses? Is the reintroduction of a certain fish and returning it to a more natural river status, outweighing the loss for water and power use, as well as recreational use, for the people in the area???
I just subscribed to your channel yesterday. I must have missed whey they are taking down the dam. Thanks in advance. BTW: I love your aerial footage and narration. :)
@icewall flatearth not sure but u can tell it is filing up the resivor with sedamint and gravles as dams do over time .thair is a major moovment going on to remove usless dams i know that much .my famly moves to washingtion to work on the grand cooly dam back in the day and allso the spada lake dam bolth still in operation and there were more they bult so im stuck on the top of the fince on this one
Actually all 4 operators had MAGA hats on. The dam had Hilary's hand prints in the cement and there was a picture of Obama on the back side. The new dam being design by the soviets will be built in it's place shortly and many Ruble's under budget with minimal life loss.
Wait for the day that they need all that water they are letting loose, i bet they end up regretting it in the long run, when they get a long hot summer with no rain.
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EPA regs prohibit simply blowing up the dam. The silt behind the dam is considered haz mat and inspectors will be testing downstream for turbidity and contaminants from the equipment. The contractor actually loses money the longer the work goes on. No one is "milking" this job. In fact, it's a beautiful thing. I've been lucky enough to be part of similar projects in the PNW. I just feel bad for the hammer operator working the spillway because one of the other xcav's needs to clear spoils for him before he breaks a hydraulic line using his hammer for a rake. The number of dislikes here is directly proportional to the ignorance of the dislikers.
Quite a bit of hubris there ole boy.
Thats one reason this country is faltering. Hazmat my ass. Look at all the work the CCC did in the 30s. They could build a bridge with mostly hand labor in less time than it would take to get a diversion permitt these days. I mean its gotten so bad that a culvert replacement in my area took 6 months. It took one week to install it in the 60s. The red tape and paperwork is out of control.
@@davids.9834 Yep, regulations can be okay, but not when they get so damn extreme. A happy median must be found that protects the environment but also allows for capital investment and business to thrive.
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That's what happens when Democrats get control of the show, taxes here, there, permits here, permits there, it's a continuous loop.
@Mike Smith Not that familiar with 360s are you mike....see them big fat hoses to the breaker? yea? that's because they are external, and they are vulnerable.
This was so interesting! Thanks so much for filming, editing and putting this up!
Ignore anyone complaining about your commentary, it just fine. Thanks for the vid
Agree they don't like it don't watch.
Excellent videography!
Never seen a dam demolition before. This has to be pretty rare :)
Konsul: Yes and no. Over 1,000 old dams have been removed in the last 20 years, restoring thousands of river miles to nature!
Check out the Elwha River Dam removal, I'm fifteen miles from it.
Not so rare, they don't build new dams anymore and they have been taking out lots of old ones.
What an interesting video . Thanks very much .
Am I the only one that was bummed out that he built it up for us to see the walkway come tumbling down... but then he turned the drone and was like "Psych!"
Brilliant drone control buddy !!
Nicely done.👍☘️
Excellent done video.
@5:35 “It fell down and went boom” Cracked me up 😂
Along with the bulldozer, the excavator is the greatest invention in earth moving equipments.
not moving it far without trucks
i always thought fat ppl falling down were quite effective.
Am i the only one waiting for that excavator to become a submarine?
Bruce I'm back here watching this in 2022 again!
Enjoy
Thanks for the videos, very interesting and good narration! I believe bringing down most of the massive amount of dams built in the 20th century is a good idea. Especially ones that no longer serve an appreciable purpose and harm the natural environment.
Fantastic footage
Less dams=Many more big wild salmons.---food for our grandchildren.
That's amazing that no protective device was used to isolate the concrete chunks and dust from the river water. Clean Water Act says you have to have one. That was in the 70's, 50 years ago.
Can you tell us about the drone you are using? The quality of the video is really good.
Great views with your drone.
Good show you got a good grew there
I would love to see follow-up reporting on how the ecology changes/recovers as time passes. It was seriously affected when the dam was completed and now being removed, will change once more. Will it return to what it once was or will it change to something different to that area? Here is a chance for research on how we can repair what humans have done to this planet.
Yes so intelligent to remove green energy… I bet you have electric power in your home and at work while you complain about what humans do . Not to
Mention you live in a home made from trees and pollute the air with your car … All the while whining about what humans do… You are brilliant 🤦🏼♂️
Phantom 4 Pro V2 Quad Copter is actually a nice choice to consider wow...I thought it was going to be something more elite! I had a Phantom 3 Pro and hated it for it's ability to throw itself into the ground 3 times while I owned it. Rest in pieces P3 as you were what the P4 was likely supposed to be LOL.
Just imagine all those dam fish, living in that dam water, that that dam excavator dumped down the damn river. Dammit.
I enjoy watching this
I love all the " engineering experts" on here talking about how they would have taken it down. Please show credentials
We British use Lancaster bombers ,we know it works !
Well said, EdgeCrusher78, Very well said, indeed.
EdgeCrusher78
Credentials are just notes on pieces of paper, to say you read some books, and parroted back the answers in an exam. Experience trumps credentials every time. You get a guy with top credentials, along side a guy with 40 years experience, I know which guy I'm having on my team. Many a good idea, worked out by a guy with all the credentials, has been drawn up in the office, but once that idea gets in the field, with the guy with the experience of actually doing it, that idea ain't worth the paper its drawn on. Think I'm wrong, just look at any war in history. That may be extreme example, but it involves the guys with the highest "credentials." So you see, credentials aren't worth shit, when in the presence of experience.
@@RSR423 credentials include experience. Anyone with good credentials, ie degrees, licenses, certifications, and yes experience, wouldn't seriously think blowing the dam up would be a better idea than dismantling it the way these guys did.
@@RSR423 WOW!!!!
It's amazing to see how many times the same questions and comments are voiced. "Why are they taking the dam down, why don't they use explosives"....."It's pronounced Ex cavator, not Es cavator"
jmesha it’s a bit like those who say somethink not something. An education is essential in life .
I believe you're thinking of "ex calators" that take you up and down in the mall.
Shhhhhh ! We don’t need a blow by blow. A jack hammer does not cut it forces the concrete apart.
Love it! Take it down!
nice no weird music
There goes my waterfront property. ;-)
Buttresses, not wings. You'll see them on old buildings such as churches in Europe.
Yes buttresses they are so are the trees trunk that starts into the ground they are called buttress roots
Yes, buttresses. You know that and I know that but, let’s cut him some slack and enjoy his video instead of telling everyone?
No footage of the walkway falling? Sadness.
One of the workers was Jean-Claude Van Dam.
Im already addicted to this.... weird
Do u have video of the work done?
just feel sorry for all the misplaced fish. hope all recovers. great vid and quality. thanks for being detailed on telling whats going on.
Yeah never mind this produced hydroelectric power for 100 years… But who needs green energy?
gotta create scarcity....
ROCK DRILL, CENTRAL CHARGE BORES, POOF 2', HOWEVER MUCH YOU WANT...way more efficient you dimbulbs.....prep work..downstream rock strain basin...past that conservation departments...................ENGINEERS MY GOD...COMMON SENSE?? GOOD SENSE!!!!
I'd bet a demolition expert(which I'm not) could do it with out much machinery.
Could you do a fly over of the dam site and river? It would be interesting to see how it is going.
Will do soon.
@@AnAerialViewPoint Thank you very much. I found the dam removal fascinating.
Why is the dam being demolished?
Good video
Michael
liberals
They could have done it compressed air very controlled but you do need a compressor that delivers at least 13,000 PSI.
Just curious... Do you have a commercial drone license or is this a fun license?
Fish runs out of Lake Erie should be vastly improved. Water temperature and increased oxygenation levels should do wonders for the health of the Sandusky
ahahahaahhaahahahha
Decrease oxygenation.
It can rain all it wants and we don't have to worry about this Ole Creek a-risin', lol.
Kool. So there are two pipe line holes, one in the middle of the dam and one to the right. Is one of those one that used to feed the Hunted Hydro? What did the other pipe go to? thanks for the video
I'll be damned!
Why couldn't you keep the walking bridge?
Id be really curious why not remove this dam then replace ot with hydro electric dam. Just clean up the silt and debris from the old dam then make some jobs and electricity for the area. I know it would be a huge expense but im sure local power generation could only help the locals. Just a thought.
someone said something about pollutants, a newly built upland reservoir and fish migration being reasons for this being obsolete. it served its purpose and now it must go.
What kind of drone are you using? thanks
I don’t understand, a low head dam could generate electrical power for part of the town? Why take it down?
Why is the dam being removed? How will flood waters be controlled without the dam? Was there a hydroelectric generator in service to the community?
nice video, wish i could find a nice scene like this to fly and video! my phantom 4 pro is just needing a good flight.LOL
what a dam mess
Why was the dam built in the first place? Why does it need to be removed now?
It needed major repairs and served no purpose
@@AnAerialViewPoint I'm sure it served a purpose at one time but if major repairs needed to be made, was that from neglect or did the dams purpose fade over time w/ maintenance funds diverted to other needs? Whatever the cause for those major repairs & the reason the dam needed to be demolished, that must've been an expensive undertaking. Was there State/Federal money for the county to proceed w/ removal?
7:30 he better be careful he will wash away his platform
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Many may not know this, but since the Declaration of Independence was signed, on average, there has been just under one dam per day built. Most were low head dams (a dam being 3 ft high or higher). That makes us a dam nation..
Why are they tearing down, what looks to be, a perfectly good and serviceable dam?
See Day 1.
So sad to take out the entire structure. Half of it with walkway would have made a nice pier.
I agree
I agree also, too many extremist wanting to take away from others what we already have, the people living there I am sure want the dam. the extremeist want to spend other peoples money to take down a structure that the locals want, disgusting
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A hell of a lot 'happened' between Day 1 and Day 2
Wonder if 10 months had passed between day 1 and day 2?
I assume you would prefer to have larger excavators. Right ?
What was the dam built for when it was constructed? If nobody remembers history will be relived again in that area.just as soon as the rains comes or the drought comes or even energy shortage comes with high power shortage price increases
Dams have a relatively short lifespan in part because of silt buildup behind the dam. In addition removal of the dam restores wetlands on the river and the repopulation by native fish.
Far to many dams were built in America with many negative consequences to the environment as well dramatically reducing fish populations. Thankfully dam removal is a sign we are beginning to change our destructive and self serving ways. But is it going fast enough?? Dam removal is just one piece in the puzzle.
Dam buster bombs would be quicker and more spectacular for the fourth celebration.
wow how about a F bomb
any reason why it's being torn down?
Nice drone videography. What drone are you using?
Phantom 4 Pro V2
What drone are you using?great footage
The concrete sure seems weak. I'm glad the dam is down.
seems like you have shit for brains
Good Job! What kind of drone do you use?
I miss the relaxing music.
thats right check their work ,, only the EPA can contaminate our streams and lakes,,, but their heart is in the right place so its OK
I'm not an engineer, but I have to ask why the removal of the dam .I never heard why. Could someone enlighten me please ? ?
A Mall., Parking lot, and Housing.
right on the river huh ? gonna put the houses on pontoons??lol...................
Bruce Shenkel With water views.
Awww dam
Damn !
They are not “Estavators” or escavators . They are Excavators. Nice video!
What type of drone do you use?
What are the gains of this dam coming down, vs the losses? Is the reintroduction of a certain fish and returning it to a more natural river status, outweighing the loss for water and power use, as well as recreational use, for the people in the area???
Sam Sowards the dam has silted up . Its no longer a dam
found this randomly I'm in Sandusky. IDK if your from the area. Great content
Ha randomly.... Nothing is random anymore. Because Google.
Whats the purpose of taking out the dam
The river was silted up, the dam became obsolete.
Why are they knockin the dam down ?
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Why are y’all removing it? Add to your description so we don’t bug anyone they get all bittchy.
Should have given 617 Squadron a call.
Ome question why would they wanna get rid of this dam its beautiful and they destrying it
That dam was an eyesore and a major disrupter of the natural ecosystem. Man+Messing with ecosystem=Bad.
dams aren't beautiful though some are amazing they block up natural running of water they do have a purpose (electricity, flood prevention...)
What was the purpose in removing this structure??
to make this video
They should've left the center & walkway. :(
Don't get to see the # 3 finished job ? ????
What are those concrete columns for?
where is this state town thank you !!
Ballville Dam, Fremont, Ohio.
The Dam coming down and "THE WALL GOIN UP" MAGA
I just subscribed to your channel yesterday. I must have missed whey they are taking down the dam. Thanks in advance. BTW: I love your aerial footage and narration. :)
Damn
I would love to c it a year or more after thay finish to compare
@icewall flatearth not sure but u can tell it is filing up the resivor with sedamint and gravles as dams do over time .thair is a major moovment going on to remove usless dams i know that much .my famly moves to washingtion to work on the grand cooly dam back in the day and allso the spada lake dam bolth still in operation and there were more they bult so im stuck on the top of the fince on this one
So why is this being taken down? Some endangered fish or bug?
k: W: 1. No longer economically viable. 2. Cost to maintain 3. Legal liabilities. 4. To improve river habitat
Nope - libtard feel good idiocy....
Actually all 4 operators had MAGA hats on. The dam had Hilary's hand prints in the cement and there was a picture of Obama on the back side. The new dam being design by the soviets will be built in it's place shortly and many Ruble's under budget with minimal life loss.
Tim you've just proven once again that the left can't meme or make a decent joke.
I'm neither left nor right. I'm registered as an Independent. I make fun of both parties.
Money spent tearing down, instead of built!ding and repairing baldly need infrastructures.
you should have caught the walk way falling
The dam would have been perfect for hydro generation......
Actually there is not enough water. The dam was broken and repair was not an option. It is a beautiful natural river once again.
would a wrecking ball have been more effective?
Wait for the day that they need all that water they are letting loose, i bet they end up regretting it in the long run, when they get a long hot summer with no rain.
Why did the dam have to be removed?
7:49 hope guy doesnt wash srlf diwn the drain