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I found this document with a Google search. Written as an adjunct to a 75th anniversary symposium about the dam, it's titled:
Hoover Dam: Operational Milestones, Lessons Learned, and Strategic Import
While it's written by and for scholars, it isn't that difficult to read, and most of it is understandable to the average person. If there are any RDP members that are geologists, they will find it most interesting. I found another PDF file that discusses the site geology in detail, if anyone is interested let me know and I'll post a link.
Check it out, even if you just look at the drawings and photos. They are fascinating. The first drawing is a cross section of the turbines, and there is also a photo of the turbine hall showing a 500 ton rotor being lowered into the stator casing of one of the 8,250 mVA generators using both of the 300 ton overhead cranes The document is on the webpage link in HTML, but if you download the PDF the photos are much better quality.
I know this will peg some people's geek meter, but you can't look at boating and sex all the time.
https://www.researchgate.net/public...lestones_Lessons_Learned_and_Strategic_Import
Hoover Dam: Operational Milestones, Lessons Learned, and Strategic Import
While it's written by and for scholars, it isn't that difficult to read, and most of it is understandable to the average person. If there are any RDP members that are geologists, they will find it most interesting. I found another PDF file that discusses the site geology in detail, if anyone is interested let me know and I'll post a link.
Check it out, even if you just look at the drawings and photos. They are fascinating. The first drawing is a cross section of the turbines, and there is also a photo of the turbine hall showing a 500 ton rotor being lowered into the stator casing of one of the 8,250 mVA generators using both of the 300 ton overhead cranes The document is on the webpage link in HTML, but if you download the PDF the photos are much better quality.
I know this will peg some people's geek meter, but you can't look at boating and sex all the time.
https://www.researchgate.net/public...lestones_Lessons_Learned_and_Strategic_Import
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