Mega Dams - Hydroelectric Evolution - Big Bigger Biggest

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  • Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025

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  • @notanetbanger
    @notanetbanger Год назад +106

    Armstrong was a savage. Built an entire dam, ran thousands of pounds of copper, just for a couple of lights so he could have a few drinks with his buddies in his picture gallery.

    • @broadstreet21
      @broadstreet21 Год назад +3

      All that trouble for one light? He ought to power the whole mansion, invent more efficient power systems. The house has central heating.

    • @notanetbanger
      @notanetbanger Год назад +9

      @broadstreet21 when you're that rich, I doubt you care about efficiency.

    • @broadstreet21
      @broadstreet21 Год назад +4

      @@notanetbanger Not just money, but the time and effort to go into this.

    • @MahamudHagimuse
      @MahamudHagimuse Год назад +1

      He was Think imedyadley Hydroelectric. That important when u produced Semthing strong u must Turbin. Famouse Turbin.Smal or Biig.

    • @davidworsley7969
      @davidworsley7969 Год назад +2

      Don't believe everything you hear.

  • @wenkeadam362
    @wenkeadam362 5 месяцев назад +11

    I love the way you interlaced the increasing difficult examples of dam engineering development with the construction of the Three Gorges dam. Each step standing on the shoulders of the gigantic projects that went before. Pedagogy at its finest. Thank you!

  • @Shrapnel001
    @Shrapnel001 Год назад +12

    Thank you for this documentary. Highly enlightening

  • @mediaone6666
    @mediaone6666 7 месяцев назад +2

    Loved watching this, Amazing the engineering involved in making these, truly impressed, plus the narration and animations were spot on 😊

  • @clintcountryman4849
    @clintcountryman4849 2 года назад +65

    I love shows like this

  • @goldenretriever6440
    @goldenretriever6440 Год назад +38

    Well this is a *DAM* fine accomplishment
    I’m *DAM* Proud to be part of a civilization that builds these structures
    It’s a *DAM* good feeling

    • @bradlyscotunes9156
      @bradlyscotunes9156 11 месяцев назад +2

      "Dammit, Jim, I'm a Dr., not an engineer!"- Bones, Star Trek

    • @Murphxl
      @Murphxl 6 месяцев назад +2

      It's been said that one day humans will build a goddam

    • @GenXerReacts
      @GenXerReacts 6 месяцев назад +1

      That's pretty dam funny when you think about it!

    • @thecat293
      @thecat293 5 месяцев назад +1

      this DAM pun is getting too DAM much, its making me DAM full of seeing it DAM it

  • @jampasurprenant1794
    @jampasurprenant1794 Год назад +22

    Absolutely amazing engineering of megas dams , but what happens if a bigger earth quake.

  • @buffe-b
    @buffe-b 2 года назад +108

    22:42
    "It actually took 5000 men 21 months to complete this dam (Hoover dam). It was completed 2 years ahead of schedule and under the budget"
    Credit where it's due. We could learn a lot from this

    • @zeirvoy9966
      @zeirvoy9966 2 года назад +13

      But didn't like a lot of those people die?

    • @BryanChance
      @BryanChance 2 года назад +1

      incredible. when there's a will, there's a way

    • @15seconds3
      @15seconds3 2 года назад +15

      The Hoover dam was built during the infancy of modern dam construction. I've seen the Hoover dam. It's impressive for the era but I could slingshot a rock across it's distance. The Three Gorges dam is 1.5 miles long. Let that sink into your perception.

    • @ArtyMars
      @ArtyMars 2 года назад +5

      Just watched a documentary, they claim 97 people died during hoover dams construction, but it’s not uncommon, and why they’re now paid well, more people die at work every year than have ever died at war

    • @elasticharmony
      @elasticharmony Год назад +2

      And killed the river

  • @MuzamiruWasswa
    @MuzamiruWasswa 7 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks for that wonderful teaching

  • @SDFNI3894YR
    @SDFNI3894YR 5 месяцев назад

    what a fun n engaging way to learn engineering n architechture. thanks uploader.

  • @china-trip
    @china-trip Год назад

    My best friend, Great... We liked and enjoyed to the end. Thanks Have a happy day!

  • @bradlyscotunes9156
    @bradlyscotunes9156 11 месяцев назад +1

    Dammit, Jim, nicely done!

  • @trusew.habtam
    @trusew.habtam 3 месяца назад

    Amazing documentary!!!

  • @henrysantos121
    @henrysantos121 2 года назад +1

    Matatan.🤔. Ribirin HS,
    Great, documentary well done

  • @jermhanson13
    @jermhanson13 3 месяца назад

    I was a Hydro Repairman on the Klamath River Project until it was removed this year. Anyone hiring? Great doc, love to hear the history. Hope those Yangtze fish are ok 😂

  • @BryanChance
    @BryanChance 2 года назад +25

    A dam that's over 2 kilometers long? wow

    • @indridcold8433
      @indridcold8433 Год назад

      It seems China is afraid of no technological obstical.

    • @mr.boomguy
      @mr.boomguy Год назад +4

      That's a damb long dam

    • @ppuh6tfrz646
      @ppuh6tfrz646 Год назад +2

      @@mr.boomguy Damn straight.

  • @RazelDiel-vh9tp
    @RazelDiel-vh9tp Год назад

    Wow! Very good and Beautiful excellent 😊💞

  • @JKViho
    @JKViho Год назад +1

    Dr. Andrews is a great chemist, love him!❤

  • @FerFlo-p9h
    @FerFlo-p9h 5 месяцев назад

    Insane Engineering/Production...
    😧💪💥🦾👏

  • @mihfrunze
    @mihfrunze Год назад +2

    Its an amazing engineering

  • @DanielWSonntag
    @DanielWSonntag Год назад +1

    Very exciting sound effects

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    @cuaruaocsen Год назад

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  • @PramodSankalpa-w6f
    @PramodSankalpa-w6f Год назад +1

    I LOVE YOU!

  • @jagdishramanathan2091
    @jagdishramanathan2091 7 месяцев назад +1

    Slowed down the earths rotation by few sec is merely mans pride .

  • @smp3745
    @smp3745 Год назад +2

    Now thats a Damn good Dam

  • @albinocj969
    @albinocj969 Год назад

    This video is pretty dam awesome

  • @martinsimwaka4895
    @martinsimwaka4895 6 месяцев назад +2

    What's the name of this narrator with a great voice?

    • @mikel5980
      @mikel5980 3 месяца назад +1

      John Michie

  • @TonyFarley-gi2cv
    @TonyFarley-gi2cv Год назад +4

    Have you tried to measure to see if you got tree elevation or inside rotations

  • @mountain.sledder
    @mountain.sledder 2 месяца назад

    That's one crazy ship elevator!

  • @Way_Hid
    @Way_Hid 6 месяцев назад

    You god Dam right! 😂
    That's the biggest Dam I See, thanks for uploading this documentary!

  • @julianacombs3987
    @julianacombs3987 Год назад +3

    26:03 rip camera man

  • @officialbusiness215
    @officialbusiness215 9 месяцев назад

    That’s a Dam good job 👍

  • @systemaschagong-mp7md
    @systemaschagong-mp7md Год назад

    Great movie

  • @Barry.ONeill
    @Barry.ONeill Год назад

    This has such a 00s vibe , had to made then

  • @Jpilgrim30
    @Jpilgrim30 Год назад +3

    41:50 I think that chemists concoction was a little heavy on the ratio with fish 😂

    • @fabian_arsenal
      @fabian_arsenal Год назад

      I guess you felt angry 😂😂😂😂 I can feel your hunger too that fish is enough to feed on

  • @quantomic1106
    @quantomic1106 11 месяцев назад

    That's some god dam engineering!

  • @DeepSingh-nw4yi
    @DeepSingh-nw4yi Год назад

    ❤ super butiful good morning family ❤️🌹🛡️

  • @bradlyscotunes9156
    @bradlyscotunes9156 11 месяцев назад +1

    Great facrs; ridiculously overwrought, melodramatic music! Way too 'dark'; wanted the sound off!

  • @capichow
    @capichow Год назад

    The fish were not just flapping at the location
    They were flapping very very far away from location
    You changed Mother Nature
    And started global warming with these contraptions
    These dams 🦫
    We’re only supposed to be temporary
    Our moms and dads and grandparents gave this energy to us gratefully
    Now we are to upgrade it so our planet can stop dying

  • @ChainsawFPV
    @ChainsawFPV Год назад +24

    Love how hydro electric is called "clean energy" when the process of making the dams is anything but clean.......

    • @carlsaganlives6086
      @carlsaganlives6086 Год назад

      Dams are bad news, period.

    • @Viirrvill
      @Viirrvill Год назад +14

      it's about how you need to make that dam (usually) just once. think how many coal/gas/fuel generator plants you need to replace the output of one big dam, and what is their pollution during their whole life cycle.

    • @gordondai2523
      @gordondai2523 Год назад +5

      Human breath is pollution, too. So you want "clean", dismiss yourself first.

    • @ralphzoombeenie2330
      @ralphzoombeenie2330 Год назад +4

      If you have a better more efficient way and currently practical way for electricity production then the world will beat a path to your door.

    • @Harry-ff4vx
      @Harry-ff4vx 2 месяца назад

      Depends on perspective really and what you define as clean

  • @Lui-spot
    @Lui-spot Год назад

    Man built a dam to please his friends

  • @ioanbota9397
    @ioanbota9397 Год назад

    Wow its incredible realy I like this video

  • @ahmadmunibhanifi3546
    @ahmadmunibhanifi3546 Год назад

    Very useful thanks alot❤🎉😊

  • @Joseph-fw6xx
    @Joseph-fw6xx Год назад +5

    Amazing structure what humans can build is mind boggling

  • @skinnybuddha8988
    @skinnybuddha8988 Год назад +2

    I went on a private yacht through the Panama canal. Just out there when i didnt realize how awesome my life was and has become

  • @herald6221
    @herald6221 3 месяца назад +1

    40:44 W protein shake big ups

  • @constructionworldconnected
    @constructionworldconnected Год назад

    Nice

  • @michalaleskandr3985
    @michalaleskandr3985 4 месяца назад +1

    If that guy were to do all that for one bulb today, it would cost him almost 50k for the copper alone.
    A junkies wet dream! Lol

  • @s.nilukshan7929
    @s.nilukshan7929 Год назад

    Exited ❤️

  • @Beetlejuice698
    @Beetlejuice698 2 года назад +4

    The dam is almost as long as the Golden Gate Bridge.

    • @indridcold8433
      @indridcold8433 Год назад +2

      The Chinese have a bridge longer than that bridge as well.

    • @Rac3r4Life
      @Rac3r4Life Год назад +1

      ​@@indridcold8433so does the US. It's in New Orleans, LA and it crosses Lake Pontritain.

  • @ppuh6tfrz646
    @ppuh6tfrz646 Год назад

    44:05 OK. Then what will they do to resolve the problem?

  • @主教-c2c
    @主教-c2c Год назад +2

    这个视频好像是30年前拍摄的。

    • @deepseer
      @deepseer 4 месяца назад

      中国的镜头都是至少20年前的,采访英国专家应该是十几年前的。视频里没有出现更新的中国素材,除了3D动画(质量绝对是近几年的水平)。

  • @billynomates920
    @billynomates920 4 месяца назад

    that's a powerhouse

  • @benardmunjalu3738
    @benardmunjalu3738 Год назад +1

    Similar project should be done by African leaders on river Congo who a very talking about Africa unity. Let them unit on such.

  • @nexvia_yin
    @nexvia_yin Год назад +4

    39:23 Even a great engineering like this, without a good management, it will still cause terrible flooding, hilariously.

  • @TonyFarley-gi2cv
    @TonyFarley-gi2cv Год назад

    Here's another question can you release a different stage rotations like playing music on a piano try to understand if you can the concept of mountains different heist and directions and links

  • @tawidave7092
    @tawidave7092 2 года назад +4

    That's a lot of resources there. I wonder how many countries have giant holes in them, for all of those resources.

    • @Sayang-mu
      @Sayang-mu 2 года назад +5

      They had their own resources sir. China produces 60% of the world's cement.

    • @indridcold8433
      @indridcold8433 Год назад

      They are not like many nations that have no domestic production. They have their own resources. Most of what is in your home is likely made in China.

    • @carlsaganlives6086
      @carlsaganlives6086 Год назад

      With zero thought to ecosystems, even their own...

    • @medic5258
      @medic5258 Год назад

      ​​@@carlsaganlives6086 yet u wrote ur stupid comment with a device which has resources from china and probably was made there aswell

  • @rainbowbutterfly95
    @rainbowbutterfly95 5 месяцев назад

    If your wondering how they came up with the technology to even lift these boats, search Peterborough Ontario lift lock! 😁 Canada believe it or not was the first to make the world's largest hydrologic boat lifts! I grew up with it, it's so tiny compared to these but when it was originally built it was the world's largest and first.. fun fact you can fit like 360 kayaks and canoes on it.. ptbo is small so we find new ways to play with it🤷🏼‍♀️

  • @PlainJohn_Kop
    @PlainJohn_Kop 2 года назад

    Amazing!

  • @rogerbegin3477
    @rogerbegin3477 2 года назад

    Very interesting

  • @capichow
    @capichow Год назад

    27:03 the water coming down is the pressure at the bottom when it flows over and the curve is like a sideways bridge this is why there not straight
    The secret is the over flow🤭🤫

  • @CalebaFamily
    @CalebaFamily 6 месяцев назад

    What happened to the earth rotation because of all the oil we drill? Could it cause imbalance eventually?

  • @operarioespeculador-trader1776

    Where are Itaipu dam - in Brasil?

  • @TonyFarley-gi2cv
    @TonyFarley-gi2cv Год назад

    If you go back and you look at the manufacturers of all your equipment being built in the background or does it still have pressure pulling through it meaning it ain't been released all the way out of the old servers and connections

  • @LoFiRecoverySoundscapes
    @LoFiRecoverySoundscapes Год назад

    God, you sure love that 3d graphics software at Element 18 eh?

  • @rogerscottcathey
    @rogerscottcathey 3 месяца назад

    What? No mention of Bonneville dam? Sheesh

  • @altrtrisf
    @altrtrisf Год назад

    d c
    can do favorable ?
    blessong ?

  • @ppuh6tfrz646
    @ppuh6tfrz646 Год назад

    43:21 - 43:58 But this will only shift the sediment that had collected near the dam.
    What about the sediment that has settled along the length of the reservoir?

  • @ppuh6tfrz646
    @ppuh6tfrz646 Год назад

    18:48 What about all the concrete that will sink to the bottom of the reservoir?
    Does that just stay there?

    • @aaykay4060
      @aaykay4060 5 месяцев назад +2

      Uncured concrete can change water chemistry. Once it’s cured it can be underwater and there’s no issues.

  • @Scott-sp3pz
    @Scott-sp3pz Год назад +1

    Politicians needs to quit stealing the funds

  • @micahjohnson-fi6bs
    @micahjohnson-fi6bs Год назад +1

    Didn't mention the Niagara project of the early 20th century.

  • @GaneshRethna
    @GaneshRethna 2 года назад +3

    🤩Great Engineering

  • @mitslamecompany458
    @mitslamecompany458 2 года назад +2

    Dr. Shitlow made an incredible cocktail. How much you think you pay someone to drink that ? 🤔

    • @indridcold8433
      @indridcold8433 Год назад

      Desperate people drink garbage like that daily. Granted, they do not last long.

  • @divoarioo
    @divoarioo 6 месяцев назад +1

    I'm a bit sad when they blender the fish :((

  • @eugeneomutimba9017
    @eugeneomutimba9017 4 месяца назад

    Someone will tell me they didn't see that scientist just blending poop with fish together. Eew!💔😂

  • @michaelman9358
    @michaelman9358 Год назад

    What I'm really interested to know is how was Jean Claud Van Dam was built...

  • @colinobrien3806
    @colinobrien3806 2 года назад +3

    thats what the fish said when it swam into a wall dam

  • @worldleaders28
    @worldleaders28 Год назад

    That make China economic grow so fast. Everywhere have big construction, China company is there.

  • @glennwall552
    @glennwall552 9 месяцев назад

    Balance of the planet is a worry with the poles melring.

  • @capichow
    @capichow Год назад

    38:52 it’s already flying apart and crumbling

  • @C.R.Y.P.T.Y.C.
    @C.R.Y.P.T.Y.C. 9 месяцев назад

    Now I have to write a project about it

  • @TonyFarley-gi2cv
    @TonyFarley-gi2cv Год назад

    So here's another one and your equipment or in technology that's building all your infrastructure of your machinery as it lays now do you know if you are under seawater or above seawater do you know how to build the mathematical formula to understand that rotation in growth or in losses how to stimulate the layers of movement

  • @harshithpoojarykudla7217
    @harshithpoojarykudla7217 7 дней назад

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  • @joaogunza7281
    @joaogunza7281 2 года назад +2

    Amazing ❤

  • @thegroove2000
    @thegroove2000 2 года назад +2

    Amazing. Very clever indeed. Make it all free even better. It can be done so why not?.

  • @PeterNgugi-j7b
    @PeterNgugi-j7b 7 месяцев назад

    😮😮😮 a bige dame

  • @TonyFarley-gi2cv
    @TonyFarley-gi2cv Год назад

    Another way to understand it do you understand degree value underwater and chill or in heat do you understand the difference how stuff floats in between layers

  • @MarceCamilotti
    @MarceCamilotti 2 года назад +13

    where is ITAIPU DAM ?
    We produce 76.382 GWh in 2020.
    We are the BIGGEST in Energy Production.

    • @j121212100
      @j121212100 2 года назад +1

      it's in Brazil.

    • @MarceCamilotti
      @MarceCamilotti 2 года назад +1

      @@j121212100 for sure.

    • @mrcpu9999
      @mrcpu9999 2 года назад +3

      well, 3 gorges is supposed to average 95TWh, compared to 76 for ITAIPU. So ....

    • @khengteoh4318
      @khengteoh4318 2 года назад +2

      In the documentary it says it's twice the size of the itaipu

    • @junielesparas8018
      @junielesparas8018 4 месяца назад

      Well duh this is old documentary

  • @intothevoid47
    @intothevoid47 Год назад

    "Yeah, I have a question... Is this a 'God Dam'?"

  • @capichow
    @capichow Год назад

    3G is tofu for sure
    Not sure about the rest
    All dams need to go
    But I do prefer dams for energy
    Seems that all dams need a upgrade and need to use 1/7 the surface area and not block the flow but stay under it
    Technology has improved
    Sad it improved the time they completed

  • @المنصورالبكري
    @المنصورالبكري 8 месяцев назад +2

    هم يقولون انهم بعملهم لسد صار دوران الارض ابطاء اي انهم أثرو علي دوران علي الارض 🤦🏻‍♂️🙆‍♂️😂😂
    هل هولاء مجانين ام ح مير
    🧌🤓🤷‍♂️

  • @lknanml
    @lknanml 6 месяцев назад

    So if it rains a lot does all the extra water slow down or speed up the rotation of the Earth?
    Wow it's been raining for 40 days and nights..
    You mean 39 days and night.
    Now that's a lot of rain!

  • @dranthony1882
    @dranthony1882 Год назад

    Mr Mutero
    Mr Mupondi
    Mr Nyandoro
    Legends

  • @TheASASSI
    @TheASASSI Год назад

    How this channel have just 70k subs?

  • @powerplant9374
    @powerplant9374 2 года назад +1

    Wow 🤩

  • @ppuh6tfrz646
    @ppuh6tfrz646 6 месяцев назад

    8:42 He should have used candles.

  • @thorddespace2773
    @thorddespace2773 Год назад

    Where is the river to build an even bigger dam?

  • @TheSilasjohnson
    @TheSilasjohnson 9 месяцев назад

    Charles and Savana Watkins!

  • @jp-um2fr
    @jp-um2fr 2 года назад +7

    It was NOT a single light bulb but enough to light several rooms. There was a master switchboard so that all the house could be lit. The swtchboard has totaly open contacts. The whole system would be operational except for the dreaded 'elf and safety'. Rubber gloves please.

  • @roldanduarteholguin7102
    @roldanduarteholguin7102 11 месяцев назад

    Export the Azure, Chat GPT, Revit, Plant 3D, Civil 3D, Inventor, ENGI file of the Building or Refinery to Excel, prepare Budget 1 and export it to COBRA. Prepare Budget 2 and export it to Microsoft Project. Solve the problems of Overallocated Resources, Planning Problems, prepare the Budget 3 with which the construction of the Dam or the Refinery is going to be quoted.