Opening The Spillway At Dellwood

I happened to meet the guy in charge of The Dellwood Reservoir and he invited me to watch him open the spillway and let water out. Water levels are at max and there is still water coming in. So for several days water will be released. It was great to see it opened and ice go crashing down. My kind of fun.

[antoniohess]

Rumor has it he’s still opening that gate with that wrench lol imagine closing that thing with all the sheer force behind it by hand 😂

[artmchugh]

People are like cats !!!! Fascinated with running

[explorationuk]

Very cool.. thanks for sharing a magnificent moment in your life with us ..we are blessed..peace n love from Cumbria UK ❤🇬🇧

[neilkurzman]

Somebody built a dam and designed the gate to be opened with a pipe wrench?

[AhJodie]

Geeze, I would love that job! So cool you got a video of it! Thank you for sharing! I am thinking the air smelt refreshing right near that!

[greggreg]

Pretty cool to see those big icebergs in the spillway. I bet they won’t last long.

[martinswiney]

Looks like it could be very dangerous at the lower end of the spillway with those huge chunks of ice.

[mcseforsale]

That dude must've been exhausted after opening that thing.

[stanleydog]

This is one of the most wonderfully Midwestern things I've ever seen

[MAMP]

amazing that it all started with a wrench

[LunarEquity]

That was pretty neat when all those humongous ice chunks started breaking apart from each other as all that water was rushing through the spillway

[JR_]

Spare pipe wrench just in case you drop one in the spillway?

[TravirusTheKing]

Do you have any footage of the big chunks breaking free? I wonder what they sound like when it happens or is about to happen.

[davidbennett]

In Cumberland MD with a huge Damm Dam. The army helicopter got a huge piece of ice being washed down from PA.

[wherewendytravels]

Hello my new friend. I just subscribed. Awesome share. Wow🎉❤

[chadproudfoot]

I feel so bad for that guy with the wrench. I feel like he should at least get a wheel or handle he could put on that to make life a little easier! 😊 Very cool video!

[williamfriar]

Dellwood is just south of an area north of there.

[blipco]

Great video. I would have asked the guy if I could crank the gate open.

[kbrown]

That was actually most interesting. I live where snow hits about every 40 years. In inches. Thanks for the entertainment!

[itsrachelfish]

Cool rectangular ice bergs!! Amazing seeing the water rushing through the small ice pipe 2:32