Damming Grand Canyon : The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition / Diane E. Boyer and Robert H. Webb ; U.S. Geological Survey ; foreword by Michael Collier.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2007Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (303 pages): ill., mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780874216653
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 917.91/320434 22
LOC classification:
  • F788 .B69 2007
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Contents:
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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Includes bibliographical references 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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