Damming Grand Canyon The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition / Diane E. Boyer and Robert H. Webb ; U.S. Geological Survey ; foreword by Michael Collier.
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TextPublisher: Utah State University Press, Manufacturer: Project MUSE, Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 289 p.) : ill., mapsISBN: 9780874216653Subject(s): Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Environmental conditions | Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Environmental conditions | Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Description and travel | Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Description and travel | Geological Survey (U.S.) -- Biography | Geological Survey (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century | Water resources development -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon -- History -- 20th century | Water-supply -- Political aspects -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon -- History -- 20th century | Dams -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- History -- 20th century | River surveys -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 917.91/320434 LOC classification: F788 | .B69 2007Online resources: Full text available: | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Water and the Colorado desert -- Where should the dams be? politics, the Colorado River Compact, and the Geological Survey's role -- Prelude to an expedition : Washington and Flagstaff -- A cumbersome journey : Flagstaff to Lee's Ferry to the Little Colorado River -- Surveys and portages : Furnace Flats through the Inner Gorge -- Of flips and floods : Bass Canyon to Diamond Creek -- Feeling their oats : Diamond Creek to Needles -- Aftermath : politics and the strident hydraulic engineer.
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