Sanford Dam - April 10, 2024 - Filling the Tailrace

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3 ай бұрын

Drone video shot on April 10, 2024 showing construction on the Sanford Dam. Unfortunately, the only time I had available today was in the morning when the sun makes lighting a little more difficult for videography.
Contractors have been working diligently recently with filling the dam’s tailrace. The tailrace is no longer needed due to the dam no longer creating hydroelectric power. Filling this area with concrete adds weight to the dam to prevent uplift.
In hydroelectric dams, the tailrace is the channel that carries water away from a hydroelectric plant. The water in this channel has already been used to rotate the turbine blades and is channeled back into the river.

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@kurtschwoppe7167 3 ай бұрын

I am overjoyed to see the tremendous progress on the Sanford Dam. I know the reconstruction has not started in earnest, but we are beginning to see the future. Out of the disaster are brand-new facilities that will last for generations, all being managed by an organization dedicated to the lakes and people surrounding them. To get this far so fast is a major accomplishment for the Four Lakes Task Force. Thank you Tri-City Droneography for showing us this progress.

@Gleem56 3 ай бұрын

Thank You for taking the time to make these Videos. And keeping everyone updated

@staleybrad 3 ай бұрын

Happy to share. It’s good for the community to be able to see what’s going on. Gives me a little practice flying and editing the videos. Maybe someday I’ll get a little formal training instead of trial and error!

@jamesmoore6146 3 ай бұрын

Another great video, thank's for taking the time to do this.

@charlierumsfeld6626 3 ай бұрын

Thank you

@hunterhund7046 3 ай бұрын

Love your vids

@CaseyWeaver 3 ай бұрын

I just discovered this channel. I've been following this projecton another channels live cams, but your drone videos are fantastic. I, for one, certainly hope that you continue to provide these great aerial views. Thank you!

@rogerdudra178 3 ай бұрын

I sure stayed to hear this guitar get played.

@denniscole410 3 ай бұрын

I hope you don't mind me sharing your footage of Sanford Dam, almost everyone I have shared it with has thanked me for sharing it and I would like to pass them Thank you's on to you for the informative video's.

@staleybrad 3 ай бұрын

Be all means, Denny! I was hesitant to post originally, but I saw how many people enjoyed seeing the progress. Glad to keep the community up-to-date with the progress

@dune6426 3 ай бұрын

thanks- great to see what is going on -more than i can say for jordan!

@thomasbell9277 3 ай бұрын

He probably got "Burned Out" on the self reporting and thought, to a certain degree, that stationary cameras were a better option now, however limited they are. At least the Secord Lk Camera shows a better angle. Sanford camera not showing much, other than breaking up concrete and dirt removal. These drone shots at least give a current View of whole Project. Kudos for that!

@josephrosolowski3575 3 ай бұрын

You do know that he has a full time job and they have a newborn daughter, right?

@iansmartel5473 3 ай бұрын

Another great update, just wish someone would explain what will happen and the flow of the river.

@staleybrad 3 ай бұрын

Flow of the river will eventually run the same as it did prior to 2020. It was routed through the breached area to allow work to be done on the powerhouse / spillway area of the dam.

@rjgoniea 3 ай бұрын

I thought the plan was to use the powerhouses water channels as a low level water outlet to discharge water in the winter months? I think that's what they're doing at Secord and Smallwood.

@jjk907 3 ай бұрын

Thank you. Question why they poured yards of new concrete and then a little over a year later rip it out. Thank you for the continual updates.

@staleybrad 3 ай бұрын

I was thinking something similar, but after a few months of watching them tear out the old dam, I haven’t seen any of the new concrete actually get torn out yet. Just the old stuff that was around it

@suemynderse4909 3 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank You! Have you considered doing the same for the other dams?

@staleybrad 3 ай бұрын

Yeaaaaa, I just need to find the time. Is there anything happening on the Tittabawassee side of Wixom currently?

@suemynderse4909 3 ай бұрын

@@staleybrad they are working, not sure exactly, and road commission has removed M-30 bridge and is working hard on it. Secord and Smallwood are also hard to see, but they are working. Mowbrey's cameras don't give a very good view these days.

@MikeBear1231 3 ай бұрын

@staleybrad How come they rebuilt so much of it, even pouring all NEW cement, only to completely tear it all out and destroy that part now and redo it? How much money was wasted to do all that, and why?

@staleybrad 3 ай бұрын

I wondered the same thing, but honestly from what I’ve seen the new cement has gone untouched, just the old cement that divided the spillways has been removed so far

@kurtschwoppe7167 3 ай бұрын

Up until this recent round of construction, the Four Lakes Task Force had only received money for stabilization NOT construction. They needed to make sure the existing old structure could handle another major flooding event without causing more damage. They tried to use this stabilization money as effectively as they could based on their submitted plans, but remember, these plans had NOT YET been approved. If there had been any delays in approval, this stabilization needed to last indefinitely. Fortunately, thanks to the hard work of the Four Lakes Task Force, their plans were approved, and money then started to flow in to start the reconstruction.

@716racingchannel 3 ай бұрын

this is Huge Waste of money well your state Roads an other stuff is Junk. But now people can us this as why did you replace or keep this when theres NOTHING good from it