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Big dams of the New Deal era : a confluence of engineering and politics
- Title
- Big dams of the New Deal era : a confluence of engineering and politics / David P. Billington and Donald C. Jackson.
- Author
- Billington, David P.
- Publication
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2006], ©2006.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Jackson, Donald C. (Donald Conrad), 1953-
- Description
- xiv, 369 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-355) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Origins and early years of the U.S. reclamation service : the massive and structural traditions of dam design -- 2. The corps of engineers and early multipurpose projects : Wilson and Tygart dams -- 3. The Colorado River : Boulder Canyon Project and Hoover Dam -- 4. The Columbia River Control Plan : Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams -- 5. Earth dams on the Missouri River : Fort Peck Dam, the Pick-Sloan Plan, and Garrison Dam -- 6. California's Central Valley Project : Shasta and Friant dams.
- ISBN
- 0806137959 (alk. paper)
- 9780806137957 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006044493
- OCLC
- ocm64625064
- 64625064
- SCSB-5313220
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries