World's DEEPEST Dam is Hiding Something! "Parker"

[fishing fool]

For your entertainment.... Has Havasu at the end.

 

[rivermobster]

So what's the big secret??

I got bored after just a few minutes.

 

[Dkahnjob]

Excellent video, thanks for posting.

 

[rivermobster]

Excellent video, thanks for posting.

Not really. That ding dong doesn't know the first thing about the water levels below the dam!

I wouldn't believe a word that came out of his mouth.

 

[2Driver]

Not really. That ding dong doesn't know the first thing about the water levels below the dam!

LOL You've never been in Parker for the annual snowmelt runoff?

 

[Backlash]

I didn't watch the video, but I know for a fact there are some decent sized fish hanging out below the dam.

 

[JBZ]

Back in the day you could do a self guided tour through the dam.
Walk around boozed push a button and you get a voice telling you what you are looking at.

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

So what's the big secret??

I got bored after just a few minutes.

When building the dam, the contractor used an aggregate for the concrete that is causing a chemical reaction that is negatively affecting the concrete and the structural stability of the dam.

I'll see if I can find the article I read about that and post it.

ETA: found it. Wikipedia article for Hoover dam: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam

“Hoover Dam concrete is not subject to alkali–silica reaction (ASR), as the Hoover Dam builders happened to use nonreactive aggregate, unlike that at downstream Parker Dam, where ASR has caused measurable deterioration.”

 

[RichL]

Not really. That ding dong doesn't know the first thing about the water levels below the dam!

I wouldn't believe a word that came out of his mouth.

So please, tell us how you really feel.

 

[Your ad here]

So what's the big secret??

I got bored after just a few minutes.

Theres some 10mm sockets down there.

 

[Roosky01]

Theres some 10mm sockets down there.

Time to do some magnet fishing!

 

[rivermobster]

When building the dam, the contractor used an aggregate for the concrete that is causing a chemical reaction that is negatively affecting the concrete and the structural stability of the dam.

I'll see if I can find the article I read about that and post it.

ETA: found it. Wikipedia article for Hoover dam: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam

“Hoover Dam concrete is not subject to alkali–silica reaction (ASR), as the Hoover Dam builders happened to use nonreactive aggregate, unlike that at downstream Parker Dam, where ASR has caused measurable deterioration.”

Dude. That's crazy. Is anything being done about that??

I've often wondered about concrete construction. How long will it Actually last??

I'm usually having these thoughts, stuck in traffic, sitting under an overpass.

It does make one wonder though...

Crazy stuff!

 

[rivermobster]

Back in the day you could do a self guided tour through the dam.
Walk around boozed push a button and you get a voice telling you what you are looking at.

I remember those days as well!

When my friend got his pad at Big Bend, I was telling him about it. He gave me his usual response...

No fucking way! You're full of shit!!!

Somewhat true. But, we rode our bikes up there anyway, pushed the button, and the elevator door opened up.

Again...

No fucking way!!!

Then 911 happened.

 

[4Waters]

I remember those days as well!

When my friend got his pad at Big Bend, I was telling him about it. He gave me his usual response...

No fucking way! You're full of shit!!!

Somewhat true. But, we rode our bikes up there anyway, pushed the button, and the elevator door opened up.

Again...

No fucking way!!!

Then 911 happened.

If everything was done to a "T" concrete will last about 100yrs before is starts degrading. So if the concrete was mixed 100% perfect the Hover Dam is almost maxed out on it's strength.

 

[Icky]

None of you watched transformers huh

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

None of you watched transformers huh

That was Hoover Dam. But with the numbers of tourists crawling all over the place there, it would be impossible to hide something there.

I hadn't been to the dam itself since the bridge went up, man the security there is unbelievable. They inspect cars, there are bollards everywhere, etc. Certainly vastly increased since the last time I was there, shortly after 9/11.

 

[EarpRider]

Hey, that's my house.

 

[Hardly Satisfied]

Interesting video

 

[stephenkatsea]

At Parker Dam, not long after 911, I once watched a motorhome pull up, out jumped about 6 guys who looked like NFL linemen. Together they moved one of those cement J Rails just enough for that MH to fit through and pass over the dam. Wish I had that on video.

 

[rivermobster]

At Parker Dam, not long after 911, I once watched a motorhome pull up, out jumped about 6 guys who looked like NFL linemen. Together they moved one of those cement J Rails just enough for that MH to fit through and pass over the dam. Wish I had that on video.

You watched this happen with your own eyes??

 

[stephenkatsea]

You watched this happen with your own eyes??

Yes.

 

[rivermobster]

Yes.

Crazy.

Back then I remember there being like six of those things lining each lane, with that steel pinch point making the lane even smaller.

On both sides of the dam!!!

It's much different now though. Musta been refrigerator Perry and his buds???

 

[stephenkatsea]

Crazy.

Back then I remember there being like six of those things lining each lane, with that steel pinch point making the lane even smaller.

On both sides of the dam!!!

It's much different now though. Musta been refrigerator Perry and his buds???

We were there for 911, camped on the beach at Black Meadow Landing in our little 18’ travel trailer. Believe they blocked off the passage for all vehicles crossing the dam that day. The placement of J Rails and the netting seemed to happened in stages. There was fear of terrorists attempting to poison the water in Havasu. Turned out to be a very unrealistic concern, due to the volume of the lake. The moving of that J Rail by those guys happened later. They were able, as a group, to shove and move that thing. And yes, I saw it with my own eyes. Big boys for sure.

This is a 911 vin, but remains unforgettable. In that 18’ trailer we did have a very small B&W TV. Early that morning we got a phone call. It was a very good friend of ours who is a Delta pilot. We knew he had recently visited our daughter at her new job in NYC. He was calling to let us know her office was not in the Trade Center. We said OK, we knew that. He then said you don’t know what’s happened, do you? It was then we turned on the TV. We knew the address of her job. It was on a street adjacent to the WTC. Turned out she was only 300 yds from ground zero. Fortunately, she was able to get through to us later that day and let us know she was OK. Although, she’d seen the 2nd plane hit, plus all the terrible sights, sounds and smells that followed. She was working for T-Mobile. We felt they should have offered following up counseling for our daughter and the staff. But, it never happened. She had experienced jumpers that day, saw and heard them.

 

[Ziggy]

Not really. That ding dong doesn't know the first thing about the water levels below the dam!

I wouldn't believe a word that came out of his mouth.

I too lol'd at his assumption of when the level would be flowing high

 

[Ziggy]

We were there for 911, camped on the beach at Black Meadow Landing in our little 18’ travel trailer. Believe they blocked off the passage for all vehicles crossing the dam that day. The placement of J Rails and the netting seemed to happened in stages. There was fear of terrorists attempting to poison the water in Havasu. Turned out to be a very unrealistic concern, due to the volume of the lake. The moving of that J Rail by those guys happened later. They were able, as a group, to shove and move that thing. And yes, I saw it with my own eyes. Big boys for sure.

Pre-911 we'd often float right next to the dam to chill. I even recall the HeatWave(later desertstorm) Poker Run had a cardstop near the dam. Right after 911 they put the floating barriers in at the mouth of the dam cove.

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

Pre-911 we'd often float right next to the dam to chill. I even recall the HeatWave(later desertstorm) Poker Run had a cardstop near the dam. Right after 911 they put the floating barriers in at the mouth of the dam cove.

Yeah that was the best spot to waterski through down by the springs. Always smooth, really nice water for some hard cuts.

 

[stephenkatsea]

Just watched the entire video. As that video progressed, so did my urge to finger thump this idiot in his forehead and just move on.