Damming Grand Canyon : the 1923 USGS Colorado River expedition /

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In 1923, America paid close attention, via special radio broadcasts, newspaper headlines, and cover stories in popular magazines, as a government party descended the Colorado to survey Grand Canyon. Fifty years after John Wesley Powell's journey, the canyon still had an aura of mystery and extr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boyer, Diane E.
Autor Corporativo: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Otros Autores: Webb, Robert H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, ©2007.
©2007
Temas:
Geological Survey (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
Geological Survey (U.S.) > Biography.
Geological Survey (U.S.)
1900-1999
River surveys > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > History > 20th century.
Dams > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > History > 20th century.
Water-supply > Political aspects > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History > 20th century.
Water resources development > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History > 20th century.
Cours d'eau > Arpentage > Colorado (Col.-Mexique : Fleuve) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Barrages > Colorado (Col.-Mexique : Fleuve) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Aspect politique > Arizona > Grand Canyon > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Arizona > Grand Canyon > Histoire > 20e siècle.
TRAVEL > United States > West > Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, UT, WY)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Dams.
Ecology.
River surveys.
Travel.
Water resources development.
Water-supply > Political aspects.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Description and travel.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Description and travel.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Environmental conditions.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Environmental conditions.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Descriptions et voyages.
Colorado (Col.-Mexique : Fleuve) > Descriptions et voyages.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Conditions environnementales.
Colorado (Col.-Mexique : Fleuve) > Conditions environnementales.
Arizona > Grand Canyon.
North America > Colorado River.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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