Hoover Dam's Power Generation | The Beauty of Engineering

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[DaveGunderson]

Nice video. You explained everything pretty much correct. I worked for Hoover Dam for a dozen years and have been inside those Penstocks and Laterals during ‘water down’ (maintenance cycle). An interesting fact: the insides of the steel penstocks are coated with Coal Tar to prevent corrosion. No place darker than walking in one of the main penstocks. The water velocity in those penstocks doesn’t exceed 15 ft/sec.

[sergelevesque]

I cannot say enough good things about this video, the quality of the animations and the depth of the explanation is very well done. I will be using this as a handy reference for my electrical students in my College Program. Thank you so much for providing the teaching community with such a valuable resource.

[paullelys]

Many workers died during the construction of this dam and I hope there is a memorial to them at Hoover dam.
An amazing engineering feat.

[galzajc]

i really hope this channel survives and gets back views, cause there's just nothing like it on yt. when it comes to how things were build and work and things like that. it's just so well visually explained.

[MrKockabilly]

Videos like this make us appreciate the efforts of the engineers and technicians in applying scientific principles a century ago for the benefit of humanity. Without these huge machineries and power monsters we wouldn't have advanced technologies we have today.

[atatsplace]

One omission is that the power towers are also angled to direct cable weight force directly down the centers of the towers. If it was only to avoid proximity to the rock face, then vertical towers could simply have been much taller to make up the needed difference.

[ashantedula]

You did a better job of explaining how the hoover dam works than the actual tour.

[conniepr]

Reminds me of my father. The look on his face when him and others were trying to make something work. He worked hard and smart with everything he did.

[Mr--_--M]

And remember folks. It's beautiful. It's a key factor in it's operation.

[Kelly-glrl]

Thank you for everything you do. I’ve learned so much from you. I just started watching and became a $10 level on patreon. PLEASE keep doing what you’re doing!!!! You’re teaching the world SO much!

[Arstvlog]

Thanks again for such a fascinating animation explaining engineering technology from the past. Proud to be a Lesics supporter. ❤❤

[DopravniPoradce]

Tip for another video. When I visited the Hoover Dam some 20 years ago, I bought a part of the cable transferring the energy to Las Vegas. I use them to this date as a pen holder, cause the cable is hollow and cleverly constructed. It's extremely interesting and there's a lot of physics knowledge and experimentation behind that.

[_MH_d]

I don't know why these kind of Great channels are so underrated
Great work man

[cedragon]

The quality of this channel is incredible!

[vanshshah]

Man your animations are just too good!!

[gourisha]

Wow. Now I understand why Hoover project is an engineering Marvel. Showcases one of the best of American engineering.

[neti_neti_]

गहन शोध, सरल स्पष्टीकरण, बहुत सुन्दर रेखाचित्रांकन और छायांकन कुल मिलाकर बहुत सुन्दर प्रस्तुति। 👌👌👏👏

[PeterFrederickMackintosh]

I've said this many times the most beautiful dam in the world ever to be built is the Hoover Dam

[frequentlycynical]

Great graphics, thanks!

What amazes me is that this, and like its contemporary, the Golden Gate bridge, was all done with slide rules. No computers. And slow communications.

[jasperjames]

I have had the privilege of watching the old black and white video of how they made the hover dam and I was able to visit as well and now after watching this video, like Paul Harvey says, and that’s the rest of the story.