The Story of Hoover Dam Pt. 2 of 3
Power plants under construction. Intake towers under construction. Spillways. Top shot dam wi/men walking over construction. Massive pipes. Babcock Construction Company warehouse Steel plates and steel fabrication plant.
12:13:17 Giant press rolling curved plates for pipes. Vertical lathes.
12:14:06 Train passing through 30 ft pipe to show size. Huge trailer hauling pipe sections. Pipe sections lowered from cableways. Trailers carry sections inside tunnels. Last concrete poured into dam wall.
12:15:48 30Sep35 FDR dedicates Hoover dam. Reservoir filling.
12:16:37 Interior generator house.
12:16:59 1959 - last generator fitted.
12:18:00 Rail cars bring generator parts to dam. Cableway used to lower parts. Interior power house - removing temporary slabs for new turbine - installation. Overhead crane lowers parts into place. Interior hydro-electric power plant.
Engineering projects; taming nature; Corps of Engineers; Boulder Dam
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The Story of Hoover Dam Pt. 2 of 3 Power plants under construction. Intake towers under construction. Spillways. Top shot dam wi/men walking over construction. Massive pipes. Babcock Construction Company warehouse Steel plates and steel fabrication plant. 12:13:17 Giant press rolling curved plates for pipes. Vertical lathes. 12:14:06 Train passing through 30 ft pipe to show size. Huge trailer hauling pipe sections. Pipe sections lowered from cableways. Trailers carry sections inside tunnels. Last concrete poured into dam wall. 12:15:48 30Sep35 FDR dedicates Hoover dam. Reservoir filling. 12:16:37 Interior generator house. 12:16:59 1959 - last generator fitted. 12:18:00 Rail cars bring generator parts to dam. Cableway used to lower parts. Interior power house - removing temporary slabs for new turbine - installation. Overhead crane lowers parts into place. Interior hydro-electric power plant. Engineering projects; taming nature; Corps of Engineers; Boulder Dam