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How Hoover Dam works

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  1. cfabbro
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    I thought this was an absolutely fascinating computer animated documentary on the Hoover Dam and how it works. Anigraffs is fast becoming one of my favorite engineering related channel because of...

    I thought this was an absolutely fascinating computer animated documentary on the Hoover Dam and how it works. Anigraffs is fast becoming one of my favorite engineering related channel because of regularly producing insanely high-quality content like this.

    3 votes
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    skoocda
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    I really enjoyed this one. The fact that the entire project was finished early, in under 5 years overall, is simply mind-blowing.

    I really enjoyed this one. The fact that the entire project was finished early, in under 5 years overall, is simply mind-blowing.

    3 votes
    1. cfabbro
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      Yeah, it's insanely impressive how fast it was built. I don't know if the speed was entirely worth it though considering 96 people apparently died in the construction of it. Worker safety wasn't...

      Yeah, it's insanely impressive how fast it was built. I don't know if the speed was entirely worth it though considering 96 people apparently died in the construction of it. Worker safety wasn't exactly the biggest concern back then. :/

      3 votes