When it comes to tourist pilgrimage sites in the United States, the Hoover Dam may not rank alongside the Statue of Liberty, the Lincoln Memorial, Mount Rushmore, the Grand Canyon, and Disneyland. But this is not due to lack of importance or lack of impression. However, to appreciate its man-made majesty, it is necessary to understand not only its important role, but also the enormous work of its construction. Of course, Hoover Dam guides are trained to explain this to many visitors, but we can all benefit from coming prepared with a little knowledge. clock 1 hour video on dam design and construction from animagraph If you read the above, you might know enough to tell your guide something.
Animagraffs is Jacob O’Neill’s YoTtube channel. The channel previously featured on Open Culture for its acclaimed commentary on 16th-century explorers’ sailing ships and the Golden Gate Bridge, another iconic construction project of the Great Depression. As well as these, his Hoover Dam video uses detailed 3D models, especially based on serious research into the project’s original design documents.
This allowed O’Neill to show in detail the complex system of dam elements and supporting infrastructure from every angle and with a kind of X-ray vision. we have all seen Hoover Dam Photosyou may have bought something in the gift shop, but even the most sublime aerial photo doesn’t reveal as much about its ambitions as it does to observe its inner workings.
And the ambition of the Hoover Dam is one aspect that is sure to impress viewers. It took thousands of workers and about five years to massively reshape the landscapes of Nevada and Arizona and bring the mighty—and by extension, highly unpredictable—Colorado River under human control. By 1987, just over 50 years after it opened, the large turbines, whose engineering and installation O’Neill details, were able to generate enough electricity to repay the construction costs, which totaled more than $811 million in today’s dollars. And in an achievement that is almost unbelievable today, it opened more than two years ahead of schedule. Today we often hear about concepts such as: “National capacity” And how can the United States get it back? At Hoover Dam, we see the state’s carrying capacity quite literally embodied.
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