Posted on 03/31/2012 10:24:17 AM PDT by DogByte6RER
Love that song. I can listen to it again and again and again and again....
Jimmy Hoffa?
I went to school with a kid who said his grandfather was buried in the dam. But maybe it wasn’t the hoover dam.
While I don’t doubt the sincerity of all involved in your story, I can assure you that no one is buried in that dam. A rotting body makes for a weak spot in the structure. Anyone who fell into it was fished out, dead or alive.
The chemical reaction of cement in a concrete mix ends after about 116 years. From then on the the concrete mix becomes inert and degrades.
It was figured the dam would become a huge sand pit after silting in after a hundred years and before the concrete could fail.
So from 2050 on, people should be wary of being below the Dam, just damn man!
On another note, there are still die-hards that insist upon "Boulder Dam" as the name - something to do with a depression and FDR not getting the naming rights.
Some guy named Hoover but I can't remember his first name....
That would be Robert Hoover, President of Delta Tau Chi.
Fascinating!! Thanks for posting.
From what I’ve read the cooling pipes were eventually pumped full of grout when it was determined they were no longer needed.
I might be wrong.
You misunderstood him, I knew him too. What he said at that party was (and I was the only sober guy there) "My damn grandfather Hoover died and he was just buried....."
They confiscated everything, even the stuff we didn't steal!
Who knows? It was in Jr. High School and the kid was a bit of joker.
Supposably I had a great uncle who died in a beer vat. When first I heard the story I thought he had drowned, but later my mom told me that was wrong. It was worse than that. His job was to varnish the vats (these were huge vats, not for home brew) and while he was doing that it caught fire.
So, I don’t know, at this point I couldn’t be sure either of these stories are true.
One thing for sure, some poor bridge painter fell to his presumed death off the Throgs Neck Bridge yesterday.
RIP hard working men, we do appreciate what you do.
Jimmy Hoffa?
The man killed that day by the cement was named Asa Grumbles. His family has confirmed a number of times throughout the years that although Grumbles was crushed by the cement, he was quickly fished out. His body was accurately identified by his two brothers, and he was buried at Fitzhugh Cemetery.
Grumbles was killed while filling in for a co-worker who had temporarily left to take a bathroom break.
http://www.peelinc-newsletters.com/www.peelinc.com/newsletters/0802SR.pdf
Yes, the tales we hear and can weave. When I was about 12, I told all my friends my grandparents owned B F Goodrich tire company. My maternal grandparents were named Goodrich.
Yes, RIP to the hard working and special thoughts for your Uncle.
Not only Boulder/Hoover Dam but all concrete structures 100 years old or more will be in need of replacement. That why there is talk of dam and bridge replacement to keep our infrastructure from failing.
Wiki has many facts and is an interesting read in general reference, also touches on the naming controversy...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam
Thanks!
If your 100 year mark is accurate, why is the Pantheon still standing? It’s approaching 1,900 years.
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