Three Gorges Dam: The Largest Dam in the World

It's a big one. And pretty controversial too.

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[jayw]

Simon and all the channels he is on has officially taken over the role of what the history channel used to be.

[tehbonehead]

"Well, I'll be dammed."
-Yangtze River, probably

[FakeItalianoII]

Remember, Simon, there are A LOT of Brazilians who watch your channel and would greatly enjoy and appreciate seeing your video on the Itaipu Dam ...

[ignitionfrn]

2:55 - Chapter 1 - An old idea
7:25 - Chapter 2 - The good & the bad
8:45 - Chapter 3 - Work begins
13:50 - Chapter 4 - Controversy
16:15 - Chapter 5 - Challenges
17:35 - Chapter 6 - The final numbers

[DougieFresh]

I’m 30 and enjoyed History Channel as a kid. The fact that Simon can turn modern marvels into a 20 minute video instead of 60 minutes of slow filler and commercials.... makes me a happy boi

[ShawnPitman]

Special request: when you say numbers could you put them in text on the screen also?

I might be the only one, but I can't mentally process a number nearly as fast as words.

[DocNo]

Should do a follow up on all the rain they are getting and the news blackouts about the dam

[daleronsin]

Congratulations! One of the most accurate and balanced reviews of the Three Gorges Dam ever. I spent a year on site in 2000 as a foreign expert engineer regarding methods and machinery and am very knowledgeable about it and its construction. You are very accurate and a rational perspective. My company built many dams in the western USA and the Chinese came to see the results and request advice (Guy F Atkinson Co). I was impressed with their management and forthright administration, in addition to their construction accomplishment. I have lots of stories

[draegin]

I’d love to hear about the other dam. Also if you could do the Pikeville cut through project in Pikeville Kentucky. At the time it was the second largest earth moving project in the US. They basically cut a mountain in half to stop flooding and rebuild a city.

[Immudzen]

An interesting mega-project would be the system that protects the netherlands from flooding. Lots of equipment to keep the water out which is only getting harder as sea levels rise. Also impressive to look at. I like the new channel. I hope it is successful.

[DIY_Miracle]

I recommend looking into the Marib Dam in Yemen. It was an ancient megastructure mostly forgotten today built in the ancient Sabean kingdom, one of the largest waterworks of it's time

[samwelonduko]

Who's here after it was reported it this dam might collapse??

[Redlife]

I’m sure this dude is low key a super villain

Just look how he dresses. And his surrounds. All his research is cover for taking over the world.

We are on to you bald man. We know. And we are watching. Figuratively and literally

[milkhbox]

The next Megaprojects episode should be about Simon's mega work ethic.

[Your.Uncle.AngMoh]

The river’s name is actually the Changjiang, with means “long river”. The Yangtze is only the lower reaches of the river near the coast.

[reversegearz]

"2020 couldn't get any worse.."
2020 : **look at 3 gorges dam** well, I have another idea

[j-tothe-ay]

Can we get a video on the ocean cables that stretch the ocean floors

[Noone-jnjp]

Skipped right over that “ship lift” now didn’t we !

[Dac]

"I'll write as much dam poetry as I want."

[jefmatttab]

Now that it is starting to fail it is going to be part of a video called Mega disasters