Damming Grand Canyon : The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition

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

Author/creator	Boyer, Diane E.
Other author/creator	Webb, Robert H.
Other author/creator	Geological Survey (U.S.)
Other author/creator	Project Muse.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, ©2007. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Description	1 online resource (xiii, 289 pages :) : illustrations, maps ;
Supplemental Content	Full text available:
Subject(s)	Geological Survey (U.S.)--Biography. Geological Survey (U.S.)--History --20th century. Water resources development--Arizona --Grand Canyon --History --20th century. Water-supply--Political aspects --Arizona --Grand Canyon --History --20th century. Dams--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) --History --20th century. River surveys--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) --History --20th century. Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Environmental conditions. Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--Environmental conditions. Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Description and travel. Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--Description and travel.

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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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description	Description based on print version record.
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2006103108
ISBN	9780874216653

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