Scott Diussa Photography
The “Dam” Tour
Thursday, March 5, 2009
On the way to Vegas for the PMA show my friend and co-worker, Kris Bosworth and I took a short side trip from the airport to the Hoover Dam. Kris had never been there before and the only time I had seen it I didn’t take the Dam Tour. If you’ve been there you know that it really is an impressive sight. If you haven’t been there it’s just a short half hour drive from Vegas and it is well worth the visit. So, here are some “dam” pictures from the “dam” tour.
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Just in case you didn’t know where it was located...
This is the construction project for the new bridge that is going up over the Dam. I saw a show about this project on the Discover Channel (I believe) and it was really fascinating. They have the same progress at each end and will eventually meet in the middle. I can’t imagine how hard it is to get these two pieces to meet in the exact middle with no error! Being the project manager for this one would be a bit stressful... especially if you find an error along the way! Let’s hope that doesn’t happen! Even the Dam itself is incredible. To be built so long ago with no computers... just imagine that. These people designed this thing by hand... I have to constantly rely on a calculator now for the simplest of tasks. It’s sort of like the story of Apollo 13... just amazing.
So, the “dam” tour was pretty “dam” good. We didn’t do the whole “dam” tour because it was sold out so we did the shorter “dam” tour instead. The “dam” jokes on the tour were endless so I’ll add my own “dam” cliches’ in here as well. The generator room was huge and what was really “dam” cool was that they had one of the generators apart for some “dam” maintenance. This hasn’t happened in 26 “dam” years. So, we got to see something that other “dam” visitors haven’t seen in a long “dam” time.
What was equally “dam” impressive was the the diversion tunnel that we got to see. There were two tunnels cut out prior to the Dam being built to divert the river for construction. How they cut these tunnels in the 1930’s is pretty “dam” incredible. Now, there are huge pipes with ten of thousands of gallons of water running through them every second inside these tunnels. When you are in there your feet vibrate from all that water rushing below you.
Kris and I had to at least see the line where Nevada and Arizona meet. There is a plaque on that spot so you can be in both states at the same “dam” time.
This was just a small sample of the images that I shot while visiting the “dam” Dam. If you were wondering I shot these with a D90, 16-85mm DX and 70-300mm VR lenses... “Dam” good lenses.
I’ll leave you with the only place that was open after the “dam” tour... the “dam” gift shop. Of course!
Have a “dam” good day and I’ll see you next “dam” time... not sure when that will be... I’ll keep you posted!
