Heavy Ground : William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster /

"Heavy Ground explores the social, political, and technological history of the St. Francis Dam Disaster, the worst civil engineering disaster in 20th century-American history . Some 400 people died in March 1928, when the concrete gravity dam built by Los Angeles engineer William Mulholland sud...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hundley, Norris, Jr (Autor), Jackson, Donald C. (Donald Conrad), 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Reno, Nevada : University of Nevada Press, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mulholland, William, > 1855-1935
Mulholland, William, > 1855-1935.
Water-supply engineers
Water-supply
Floods
Water-supply > California > Los Angeles > History.
Water-supply engineers > California > Los Angeles > Biography.
Floods > California > Santa Clara River.
California > Santa Clara River
California > Saint Francis Dam
California > Los Angeles
Saint Francis Dam (Calif.)
History
Biographies
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: "A misty haze over everything"
  • Mulholland : a man and an aqueduct
  • The dam : site selection and design
  • The dam : construction, operation, failure
  • Disaster unleashed
  • Civic responsibility and reparations
  • The politics of safety : inquest and investigations
  • Dam building after the flood
  • Postscript: William Mulholland
  • Appendix A: How fast could the reservoir have been lowered?
  • Appendix B: Was failure inevitable?

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