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Decatur Blvd. By Chris Kudialis reviewjournal. Las Vegas Review-Journal file photo. Police say Henderson officer pushed fellow officer down stairs at headquarters. Probably the two most asked questions are: 1 How many people died building the dam? The second question is the easiest to answer -- none! There are no bodies buried in the concrete. The dam was built in interlocking blocks, built on top of each other as they went.
Each block was five feet high. The smallest blocks were about 25 by 25 feet, and the largest blocks were about 25 by 60 feet.
Concrete was delivered to the blocks in buckets, eight cubic yards at a time. After each bucket was delivered five or six men would tromp around on the inside of the block, packing down the concrete and making sure there were no air holes.
These men were called "Puddlers". Each time a bucket was emptied into the largest blocks the level of the concrete increased by two to three inches. How can you lose a body in two to three inches of concrete? Of course the smaller blocks did fill up faster.
Each time a bucket was emptied into the smaller blocks the level was raised about six inches. Even with six inches the nose and the toes would have stuck out, and the puddlers would have seen them. There are no bodies buried in Hoover Dam. Deaths were unusually high, even for a project of this magnitude, and so it took hold of the American collective imagination—that the bodies of workers would just be tossed into the concrete mix, never to be seen again.
Comprised of nearly 4. Each one of the slabs had to be allowed to set before the next one could be poured. Between the pouring of the concrete and the setting, it would often take hours before a section would be finished. Giving a not-so-sure-footed worker, plenty of time to get themselves out of an eternity of holding back the Colorado River. The human body is comprised of degradable organic material, unlike steel rebars typically used in large concrete projects.
That decayable material causes quite the issue for a large block of concrete. A decaying body would eventually form an air pocket within the concrete, decreasing the stability of the block over time.
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