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#13 Secrets of the Hoover Dam
Are there really bodies buried in the Hoover Dam? Was the
hard hat really invented here in 1931? And why was it originally called Boulder
Dam? In this podcast we explore and uncover the secrets of one of the greatest
engineering projects ever built. The unique and formidable Hoover Dam. Learn
about the “Double Ugly”, “Hurry Up Crowe” and a cast of other characters that
brought this formidable piece of engineering life. And find out why over 200
people were killed during its five year construction period.
At 221m tall, arching across the mouth of the Colorado
River, resisting a water pressure of 2,150KN/m2 at its base, the Hoover Dam was
the largest structure of its kind when it was completed in 1936. A
sophisticated technique for concrete cooling was needed to ensure that the
final structure did not have shrinkage cracks that would have led to
catastrophic failure. Yet curing continues and though it has been operational
for more than eighty years, the Hoover Dam gets stronger every day.
GUESTS
Mike Franklin, US Bureau of
Reclamation
Alan Warren, Mott
MacDonald
Pekka Nieminen,
Sandvik
The post #13 Secrets of the Hoover Dam first appeared on Engineering Matters.
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Are there really bodies buried in the Hoover Dam? Was the
hard hat really invented here in 1931? And why was it originally called Boulder
Dam? In this podcast we explore and uncover the secrets of one of the greatest
engineering projects ever built. The unique and formidable Hoover Dam. Learn
about the “Double Ugly”, “Hurry Up Crowe” and a cast of other characters that
brought this formidable piece of engineering life. And find out why over 200
people were killed during its five year construction period.
At 221m tall, arching across the mouth of the Colorado
River, resisting a water pressure of 2,150KN/m2 at its base, the Hoover Dam was
the largest structure of its kind when it was completed in 1936. A
sophisticated technique for concrete cooling was needed to ensure that the
final structure did not have shrinkage cracks that would have led to
catastrophic failure. Yet curing continues and though it has been operational
for more than eighty years, the Hoover Dam gets stronger every day.
GUESTS
Mike Franklin, US Bureau of
Reclamation
Alan Warren, Mott
MacDonald
Pekka Nieminen,
Sandvik
The post #13 Secrets of the Hoover Dam first appeared on Engineering Matters.
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