In The Midst Of Building Greatness, Tragic Losses!
By Mark Flippo
(With grateful acknowledgement from
http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/History/essays/fatal.html )
Many people who visit Hoover Dam ask: 1) How many people died building the dam?; and 2) How many of those are buried in the concrete? The second question is the easiest to answer -- none! No one is buried in Hoover Dam. Each time a bucket was emptied, the level of concrete would raise from two inches up to six inches, depending on the size of the block. With only a slight increase in the level at any one time, and the presence of several men watching the placement, it would have been virtually impossible for anyone to be buried in the concrete. So, there are no bodies buried in Hoover Dam.
This figure includes the first fatalities from 1922, when Reclamation employees J.G. Tierney and Harold Connelly -- who were conducting geological surveys from barges in the Colorado River -- fell into the river and drowned. That was 6 years before the dam was authorized, and 8 years before construction began!
The "official" number of fatalities involved in building Hoover Dam is 96. These were men who died at the dam site (classified as "industrial fatalities") from such causes as drowning, blasting, falling rocks or slides, falls from the canyon walls, being struck by heavy equipment, truck accidents, etc. Industrial fatalities do not include deaths from heat, pneumonia, heart trouble, etc.
The last man to die was J. G. Tierneys' son in a landslide. One great project cost one family their father and their son. Pray before you choose where you will be working, and who you are with. He will let you know if it is the right time and place for everything. The reason for this lesson is that no matter what you are doing you better have God on your side! If He says move, you better listen.
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By Mark Flippo
(With grateful acknowledgement from
http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/History/essays/fatal.html )
Many people who visit Hoover Dam ask: 1) How many people died building the dam?; and 2) How many of those are buried in the concrete? The second question is the easiest to answer -- none! No one is buried in Hoover Dam. Each time a bucket was emptied, the level of concrete would raise from two inches up to six inches, depending on the size of the block. With only a slight increase in the level at any one time, and the presence of several men watching the placement, it would have been virtually impossible for anyone to be buried in the concrete. So, there are no bodies buried in Hoover Dam.
This figure includes the first fatalities from 1922, when Reclamation employees J.G. Tierney and Harold Connelly -- who were conducting geological surveys from barges in the Colorado River -- fell into the river and drowned. That was 6 years before the dam was authorized, and 8 years before construction began!
The "official" number of fatalities involved in building Hoover Dam is 96. These were men who died at the dam site (classified as "industrial fatalities") from such causes as drowning, blasting, falling rocks or slides, falls from the canyon walls, being struck by heavy equipment, truck accidents, etc. Industrial fatalities do not include deaths from heat, pneumonia, heart trouble, etc.
The last man to die was J. G. Tierneys' son in a landslide. One great project cost one family their father and their son. Pray before you choose where you will be working, and who you are with. He will let you know if it is the right time and place for everything. The reason for this lesson is that no matter what you are doing you better have God on your side! If He says move, you better listen.
http://moderndayparablesrcf.com