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The Story of Big Creek

Author : David H. Redinger
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178912560X
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Big Creek written by David H. Redinger and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-05 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature never intended Southern California to be anything but desert, so they said. But settlers turned it into farms, factories and living areas for millions of people. The key to that development was 300 miles north, in the High Sierra, where the company that became the Southern California Edison Company undertook the creation of one of the great water power developments in the world. They called it Big Creek. Completed in 1929, this work of engineering art involved six dams, eight tunnels (one 13 miles long), three major artificial lakes and five powerhouses—all created to ensure electric power for a rapidly growing Los Angeles and suburbs. Author David H. Redinger was Resident Engineer for the Big Creek Hydroelectric Project, one of the most extensive in the world. In this fascinating book, he recounts the obstacles encountered in building a railroad in the High Sierra, from carving roads and tunnels through rough terrain, to enduring snowstorms at high altitudes, and generally accomplishing near-miracles with brainpower, mulepower, steampower, and manpower.

Big Creek

Author : Bob Gardin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Big Creek written by Bob Gardin and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Adventure of the Big Fish by the Small Creek

Author : Gabriella Vagnoli
Publisher : City of Light Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1952536197
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book The Adventure of the Big Fish by the Small Creek written by Gabriella Vagnoli and published by City of Light Publishing . This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It all begins one mid-summer day. First, the Cayuga Island Kids rescue a mallard caught in the plastic rings from six-pack of cans. Litter. Moments later, a girl on a bike carelessly tosses a plastic bottle in the creek. The Cayuga Island Kids successfully retrieve it, but then they notice all the litter in the park. That's when they decide it's time for action. But moving from knowing something has to be done to getting it done takes determination, teamwork, and sometimes, looking in a new direction. How the Cayuga Island Kids go from fishing a plastic bottle out of the creek to bringing the community together to build a recycling bin big enough to hold plenty of plastic makes for a lively adventure. Young readers will be entertained as they learn about the importance of recycling, brainstorming ideas, teamwork, the value of community effort, and the promise of new friendships. Best of all, readers will cheer on the Cayuga Island Kids as they come to realize that although we are each just one person, together we can make a BIG difference. The third book in the Cayuga Island Kids series will release in Spring 2022.

Building the Ultimate Dam

Author : Donald C. Jackson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806137339
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Building the Ultimate Dam written by Donald C. Jackson and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers compelling insight into how designer Eastwood battled government bureaucrats, corporate patrons, and fellow hydraulic engineers to build seventeen dams in the western U.S. during the early twentieth century based on his innovative multiple-arch design. Reprint.

Arkansas Waterfalls Guidebook: How to Find 133 Spectacular Waterfalls & Cascades in the Natural State

Author : Tim Ernst
Publisher : Tim Ernst Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781882906482
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Arkansas Waterfalls Guidebook: How to Find 133 Spectacular Waterfalls & Cascades in the Natural State written by Tim Ernst and published by Tim Ernst Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How to find 200+ spectacular waterfalls & cascades in 'The Natural State'"--Cover.

Big Creek : Once an Owl, Always an Owl

Author : Louise Leslie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780985198855
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Big Creek : Once an Owl, Always an Owl written by Louise Leslie and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Big Creek, Once an Owl, Always an Owl, 1931-2010 is the story of the southernmost high school in the state of West Virginia." - back cover

Rocket Boys

Author : Homer Hickam
Publisher : Delta
ISBN 13 : 0385333218
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Rocket Boys written by Homer Hickam and published by Delta. This book was released on 2000-01-11 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir that inspired the film October Sky, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir—a powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the dawn of the 1960s, of a mother's love and a father's fears, of a group of young men who dreamed of launching rockets into outer space . . . and who made those dreams come true. With the grace of a natural storyteller, NASA engineer Homer Hickam paints a warm, vivid portrait of the harsh West Virginia mining town of his youth, evoking a time of innocence and promise, when anything was possible, even in a company town that swallowed its men alive. A story of romance and loss, of growing up and getting out, Homer Hickam's lush, lyrical memoir is a chronicle of triumph—at once exquisitely written and marvelously entertaining. Now with 8 pages of photographs. A number-one New York Times bestseller in mass market, brought to the screen in the acclaimed film October Sky, Homer Hickam's memoir, nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, comes to trade paperback with an all-new photo insert. One of the most beloved bestsellers in recent years, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir. A powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the end of the 1950s, it is the story of a mother's love and a father's fears, of growing up and getting out. With the grace of a natural storyteller, Homer Hickam looks back after a distinguished NASA career to tell his own true story of growing up in a dying coal town and of how, against the odds, he made his dreams of launching rockets into outer space come true. A story of romance and loss and a keen portrait of life at an extraordinary point in American history, Rocket Boys is a chronicle of triumph.

The Whispering of the Willows

Author : Tonya Jewel Blessing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781951084158
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book The Whispering of the Willows written by Tonya Jewel Blessing and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-23 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New in hardback. Faith-based, this first book in the Big Creek Appalachian series begins in dark places where children are traded as child brides to men who are willing to work the family farm. Innocent Emerald Ashby is assaulted and becomes pregnant. She is accused and dishonored, but when members of the community come round, surprises happen.

Big Creek: A Closer Look at a National Park

Author : Dinata Misovec
Publisher : Hugo House Publishers, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1936449897
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book Big Creek: A Closer Look at a National Park written by Dinata Misovec and published by Hugo House Publishers, Ltd.. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dating a 20th-century Fault, Elk Summit Talus Apron, Big Creek Area, Valley County, Idaho

Author : Benjamin Franklin Leonard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Dating a 20th-century Fault, Elk Summit Talus Apron, Big Creek Area, Valley County, Idaho written by Benjamin Franklin Leonard and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

We Call it "Big Creek"

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book We Call it "Big Creek" written by and published by . This book was released on 1955* with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chattahoochee River, Seward, Chickasaw NRA, and Valley Forge National Historical Park

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Chattahoochee River, Seward, Chickasaw NRA, and Valley Forge National Historical Park written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Electrical Installation Record

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 964 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Electrical Installation Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Amendments to Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1862 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Amendments to Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 1862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dams

Author : Donald C. Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135194651X
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Dams written by Donald C. Jackson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dams have been used to control water for thousands of years, with the oldest known dam being a small earthen structure in present-day Jordan dating to c.4000 BCE. Since then, cultures throughout the world have practised the art of dam-building and the technology has evolved in myriad ways. The papers selected here examine the key technical issues influencing dam construction from ancient times to the early 20th century. In addition they illustrate why various human societies have built dams and how ’social’ (or seemingly ’non-technical’) factors have influenced the process of dam design. Though hydraulic engineering is the primary focus of the book, it also reveals a keen interest in questions of water resources and environmental history.

Summers at Cedar Grove

Author : Ben Timson
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Summers at Cedar Grove written by Ben Timson and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Missouri Ozarks are blessed with many clear, spring-fed streams. One of the most scenic is the Current River. High up on the river, a low-water bridge serves as a popular put-in location for several thousand canoe and kayak floaters each year. The site is known as Cedar Grove. Many floaters arriving at the bridge have no idea of the origin of the put-in location's name. Summers at Cedar Grove is the story of the once thriving village that existed at the bridge told through the eyes of the author, who spent many summer days during his childhood at the family farm near the village. First known as Riverside, the village was formed in 1875 and was populated primarily by Scots-Irish migrants from Appalachia. During the timber boom of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Riverside rose to prominence and became known as Cedar Grove. The timber was stripped from the land over four decades, and the village eventually faded from existence. Through a combination of historical data and stories relayed from individuals who lived in the community, the reader will learn about the mill, stores, one-room school, health care in the village, and the people that supported it during its rise and fall.

In the Country of the Kaw

Author : James H. Locklear
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700636412
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book In the Country of the Kaw written by James H. Locklear and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2024-04-18 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathering its waters from the plains of Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska, the Kaw is truly America’s prairie river; the only one to arise entirely on the Great Plains and traverse all three major grasslands—shortgrass, mixed-grass, and tallgrass prairies. James Locklear’s In the Country of the Kaw is a joyous exploration of the realm of the Kaw River, which stretches from the High Plains of Colorado to the Kansas City metropolitan area. The book’s first section profiles geology, landforms, and the region’s woodlands and grasslands. The second explores the rich biological diversity associated with the land and its inhabitants’ remarkable adaptations to the environment and each other. The final section is a collection of stories of human interaction with the landscape, how nature has shaped culture and culture nature. Locklear finds “astonishments” at every turn. In the Country of the Kaw is also a call to seek the flourishing of the natural and human communities of the region. Locklear describes staggering, human-wrought environmental degradations, but also finds great hope in the resilience of Nature and the inspiring work of conservation, preservation, restoration, and renewal being accomplished by individuals and organizations throughout the region. Locklear’s relationship with the country of the Kaw stretches from his childhood in Kansas City in the 1960s to his current professional life as a botanist working in the Great Plains. A half century of rambling and rooting around in this region has given him a deep awe and affection for its uniqueness and goodness, which he conveys to the reader on every page.