Damming Grand Canyon The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition / Diane E. Boyer and Robert H. Webb ; U.S. Geological Survey ; foreword by Michael Collier. [print]
Material type: TextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEManufacturer: Baltimore, Maryland : Project MUSE, 2012Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 289 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:- text
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- 9780874216653
- Geological Survey (U.S.) -- Biography
- Geological Survey (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century
- Dams -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- History -- 20th century
- River surveys -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- History -- 20th century
- Water resources development -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon -- History -- 20th century
- Water-supply -- Political aspects -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon -- History -- 20th century
- F788
- F788.P964.D366 2007
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Includes bibliographies 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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