Walls for each blast. Suspended on ropes, they drilled holes in the rock and loaded them with dynamite. After each explosion these daredevils swarmed over the cliffs, prying loose rock and clearing the walls of debris. In november 1932, the Colorado River was diverted. Under control for the first time in its history, the river flowed around and past the site. Men in trucks dumped earthen rock embankment across the canyon below the openings forcing the river from its age old bed through the huge diversion tubes. A second earth and rock dam was thrown across the tunnel downstream keeping water from backing into the foundation area. Isolated and protected from the river by the two copper dams, the site was pumped dry. Men and machines dug 135 feet below the old river level to reach bedrock for the dams foundation, excavating over 2 million yards of rock and sand. As clean up of the dam site exposed the ancient bed of the Colorado River, geologists read the history of what happened ages ag
This is bbc news, the headlines borisjohnson attempts to see off a parliamentary rebellion on his new coronavirus restrictions, by telling backbenchers the tiers could end in february. Ethiopias military claims victory saying its in control of the regional capital of tigray, Anti Government forces say theyll fight on. The number of covid hospital patients hits a new record high in the united states. Peak rail fares should be suspended over christmas in the uk to avoid travel chaos, according to the labour party. Dave prowse the british actor who Found International fame as the man behind the mask of darth vader in the original Star Wars Trilogy has died. Good morning. Hello and welcome to our look at whats in the sunday papers, with me are the sunday times journalist Katherine Forster and the political commentatorjames millar. Lets have a look at this mornings front page. Starting with the sunday times which headlines borisjohnsons letter to tory mps, as he promises to reform his new s
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