Boyer, Diane E, <br/><br/>
Damming Grand Canyon  The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition /  [print] 
Diane E. Boyer and Robert H. Webb ; U.S. Geological Survey ; foreword by Michael Collier. 
 - Logan, Utah :  Utah State University Press,  (c)2007. 
 - 1 online resource (xiii, 289 pages) :  illustrations, maps ; 
 - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780874216653 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Geological Survey (U.S.)--Biography.<br/>Geological Survey (U.S.)--History--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dams--History--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--20th century.<br/>River surveys--History--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--20th century.<br/>Water resources development--History--Arizona--Grand Canyon--20th century.<br/>Water-supply--Political aspects--History--Arizona--Grand Canyon--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F788 F788.P964.D366 2007