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Introduction | "This idyllic spot in the mountains ..." | "Dams, coming next on Building Big." | 3:30 |
Dam Basics: tradeoffs; problem-solving; dam shape; waterproof clay core; dam failure | (3:30) Igaicu Falls | "... it took another 4,500 years for people to build another dam." | 6:15 |
Aswan High Dam Politics: Nile flood cycle; financing
the dam | (9:45) Sailboat | "...larger than the Great Pyramid and designed to last just as long." | 5:45 |
Building the Aswan High Dam: diversion channels; cofferdams; dam shape; grout curtains; tradeoffs | (15:30) Tractors in the desert | "...a single dam heralded a new age for a growing nation." | 11:47 |
Hoover Dam Politics: problem-solving; financing the dam | (27:17) Hoover Dam | "...Hoover Dam as a new source of supply." | 2:58 |
Hoover Dam Engineering: worker safety; gravity dams; arches; concrete; hydroelectric power | (30:15) Explosions | "...elsewhere and on rivers much bigger than the Colorado." | 11:08 |
Environmental and Social Impacts: tradeoffs; models; spillways; resettlement | (41:23) Dams in Western U.S. | "...dams for the advancement of all civilizations." | 11:37 |