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Book Synopsis Hetch Hetchy Project by : Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy
Download or read book Hetch Hetchy Project written by Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hetch Hetchy written by Beverly Hennessey and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When water from the Sierra Nevada reached the San Francisco Bay area in 1934, it was greeted by a national celebration after two decades of grueling construction. The Hetch Hetchy Project evolved from a long search for a reliable source of water for San Francisco that began after the 1906 Great Earthquake. Prior to the earthquake, San Francisco had burned to the ground repeatedly due to the lack of water to fight fires. Studies of 14 different sources led to the design of an engineering marvel that conveys water using gravity across California via a complex system of tunnels, reservoirs, pipelines, powerhouses, treatment plants, and dams. But before the Hetch Hetchy Project broke ground, controversy roiled over the project. Finally, the Raker Act was passed by Congress in 1913 and signed by Pres. Woodrow Wilson to permit the use of the rights-of-way for the project. Today, this system serves some of the highest-quality water in the nation to 2.4 million people.
Download or read book Hetch Hetchy written by Ray W. Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronological history of water use in San Francisco and the city's battle to win control of the Hetch Hetchy Valley, and design, fund, and build the dam and aqueduct
Download or read book Dam! written by John Warfield Simpson and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2005 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crane with dam in background.
Author :M M (Michael Maurice) O'Shaughnessy Publisher :Hassell Street Press ISBN 13 :9781014153906 Total Pages :56 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (539 download)
Book Synopsis Hetch Hetchy Water Supply by : M M (Michael Maurice) O'Shaughnessy
Download or read book Hetch Hetchy Water Supply written by M M (Michael Maurice) O'Shaughnessy and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis The Battle Over Hetch Hetchy by : Robert W. Righter
Download or read book The Battle Over Hetch Hetchy written by Robert W. Righter and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-17 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description
Book Synopsis Hetch Hetchy Project by : Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy
Download or read book Hetch Hetchy Project written by Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General report of the dams, reservoirs, and aqueduct project to bring water from the Hetch Hetchy Valley in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to San Francisco. It described the construction, dams, elevation changes, tunnels, electric power system, and finance. With elevation graphs.
Book Synopsis Chronology of Hetch Hetchy Project, 1901-1960 by : Hetch Hetchy Water Supply
Download or read book Chronology of Hetch Hetchy Project, 1901-1960 written by Hetch Hetchy Water Supply and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Hetch Hetchy Water Supply and Power Project of San Francisco by : Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy
Download or read book The Hetch Hetchy Water Supply and Power Project of San Francisco written by Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Hetch Hetchy: A History in Documents by : Char Miller
Download or read book Hetch Hetchy: A History in Documents written by Char Miller and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson signed legislation approving the construction of the O’Shaughnessy Dam to inundate the Hetch Hetchy Valley inside Yosemite National Park. This decision concluded a decade-long, highly contentious debate over the dam-and-reservoir complex to supply water to post-earthquake San Francisco, a battle that was dramatic, unsettling, and consequential. Hetch Hetchy: A History in Documents captures the tensions animating the long-running controversy and places them in their historical context. Key to understanding the debate is the prior and violent dispossession of Indigenous Nations from the valley they had stewarded for thousands of years. Their removal by the mid-nineteenth century enabled white elite tourism to take over, setting the stage for the subsequent debate for and against the dam in the early twentieth century. That debate contained a Faustian bargain: to secure an essential water supply for San Francisco meant the destruction of the valley that John Muir and others praised so highly. This contentious situation continues to reverberate, as interest groups now battle over whether to tear down the dam and restore the valley. Hetch Hetchy remains a dramatic flashpoint in American environmental culture.
Book Synopsis Chronology of Hetch Hetchy Project, 1901-1934 by : Hetch Hetchy Water Supply
Download or read book Chronology of Hetch Hetchy Project, 1901-1934 written by Hetch Hetchy Water Supply and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Hetch Hetchy Project by : San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Download or read book Hetch Hetchy Project written by San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Benefits Accruing from the Hetch Hetchy Project, San Francisco Water Supply by : Nelson Andrew Eckart
Download or read book Benefits Accruing from the Hetch Hetchy Project, San Francisco Water Supply written by Nelson Andrew Eckart and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Hetch Hetchy Valley by : United States. Advisory Board of Army Engineers
Download or read book Hetch Hetchy Valley written by United States. Advisory Board of Army Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Safety Practices in Tunneling Operations at the Hetch Hetchy Water-supply Project, City and County of San Francisco, Calif by : Simon Harry Ash
Download or read book Safety Practices in Tunneling Operations at the Hetch Hetchy Water-supply Project, City and County of San Francisco, Calif written by Simon Harry Ash and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Year in the National Parks by : Stefanie Payne
Download or read book A Year in the National Parks written by Stefanie Payne and published by . This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 1 of 2016, Stefanie Payne, a creative professional working at NASA Headquarters, and Jonathan Irish, a photographer with National Geographic, left their lives in Washington, D.C. and hit the open road on an expedition to explore and document all 59 of America's national parks during the centennial celebration of the U.S. National Park Service - 59 parks in 52 weeks - the Greatest American Road Trip. Captured in more than 300,000 digital photographs, written stories, and videos shared by the national and international media, their project resulted in an incredible view of America's National Park System seen in its 100th year. 'A Year in the National Parks, The Greatest American Road Trip' is a gorgeous visual journey through our cherished public lands, detailing a rich tapestry of what makes each park special, as seen along an epic journey to visit them all within one special celebratory year.
Download or read book The Yosemite written by John Muir and published by Binker North. This book was released on 1912 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the classic nature work, The Yosemite, the great American naturalist, John Muir, describes the Yosemite valley's geography and the myriad types of trees, flowers, birds, and other animals that can be found there. The Yosemite is among the finest examples of John Muir nature writings.The Yosemite is a classic nature/outdoor adventure text and a fine example of John Muir nature writings. In this volume, Muir describes the Yosemite valley's geography and the various types of trees, flowers and animals that can be found there. John Muir (April 21, 1838 - December 24, 1914) was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is a prominent American conservation organization. The 211-mile (340 km) John Muir Trail, a hiking trail in the Sierra Nevada, was named in his honor.[2] Other such places include Muir Woods National Monument, Muir Beach, John Muir College, Mount Muir, Camp Muir and Muir Glacier. In Scotland, the John Muir Way, a 130 mile long distance route, was named in honor of him. In his later life, Muir devoted most of his time to the preservation of the Western forests. He petitioned the U.S. Congress for the National Park bill that was passed in 1890, establishing Yosemite National Park. The spiritual quality and enthusiasm toward nature expressed in his writings inspired readers, including presidents and congressmen, to take action to help preserve large nature areas. He is today referred to as the "Father of the National Parks" and the National Park Service has produced a short documentary about his life. Muir has been considered 'an inspiration to both Scots and Americans'. Muir's biographer, Steven J. Holmes, believes that Muir has become "one of the patron saints of twentieth-century American environmental activity," both political and recreational. As a result, his writings are commonly discussed in books and journals, and he is often quoted by nature photographers such as Ansel Adams. "Muir has profoundly shaped the very categories through which Americans understand and envision their relationships with the natural world," writes Holmes. Muir was noted for being an ecological thinker, political spokesman, and religious prophet, whose writings became a personal guide into nature for countless individuals, making his name "almost ubiquitous" in the modern environmental consciousness. According to author William Anderson, Muir exemplified "the archetype of our oneness with the earth", [ while biographer Donald Worster says he believed his mission was "...saving the American soul from total surrender to materialism." 403 On April 21, 2013, the first ever John Muir Day was celebrated in Scotland, which marked the 175th anniversary of his birth, paying homage to the conservationist. Muir was born in the small house at left. His father bought the adjacent building in 1842, and made it the family home.