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Author : Thomas Ulvan Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Austin Dam written by Thomas Ulvan Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 1232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elizabeth H. Clare
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439663890
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book The Austin Dam Disaster of 1900 written by Elizabeth H. Clare and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Austin Dam Disaster of 1900 recreates the era of Gay Nineties Austin, then--as now--a city on the rise and on the make. In 1891, at the behest of ambitious city fathers, the little city of just 15,000 people gambled its future on a project of breathtaking size--a massive hydroelectric dam across the Colorado River. This book follows the epic construction project and the brief golden era of the pleasure resort at Lake McDonald. Though troubled and controversial from the get-go, the dam embodied all of Austin's dreams. Then, on Friday, April 6, 1900, it began to rain . . .
Author : John Nichols
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738520797
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (27 download)
Download or read book St. Francis Dam Disaster written by John Nichols and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minutes before midnight on the evening of March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed. The dam's 200-foot concrete wall crumpled, sending billions of gallons of raging flood waters down San Francisquito Canyon, sweeping 54 miles down the Santa Clara River to the sea, and claiming over 450 lives in the disaster. Captured here in over 200 images is a photographic record of the devastation caused by the flood, and the heroic efforts of residents and rescue workers. Built by the City of Los Angeles' Bureau of Water Works and Supply, the failure of the St. Francis Dam on its first filling was the greatest American civil engineering failure of the 20th century. Beginning at dawn on the morning after the disaster, stunned local residents picked up their cameras to record the path of destruction, and professional photographers moved in to take images of the washed-out bridges, destroyed homes and buildings, Red Cross workers giving aid, and the massive clean-up that followed. The event was one of the worst disasters in California's history, second only to the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire.
Author : John Graves
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307773353
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Goodbye to a River written by John Graves and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-11-10 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1950s, a series of dams was proposed along the Brazos River in north-central Texas. For John Graves, this project meant that if the stream’s regimen was thus changed, the beautiful and sometimes brutal surrounding countryside would also change, as would the lives of the people whose rugged ancestors had eked out an existence there. Graves therefore decided to visit that stretch of the river, which he had known intimately as a youth. Goodbye to a River is his account of that farewell canoe voyage. As he braves rapids and fatigue and the fickle autumn weather, he muses upon old blood feuds of the region and violent skirmishes with native tribes, and retells wild stories of courage and cowardice and deceit that shaped both the river’s people and the land during frontier times and later. Nearly half a century after its initial publication, Goodbye to a River is a true American classic, a vivid narrative about an exciting journey and a powerful tribute to a vanishing way of life and its ever-changing natural environment.
Author : Gale Largey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615353418
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (534 download)
Download or read book The Austin Disaster 1911 written by Gale Largey and published by . This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social/Historical study of the Austin Dam Disaster of 1911 through the extensive use of news accounts and photographs. In addition, the social dynamics, ethical issues, and variant explainations surrounding the disaster are explored.
Author : Gerald M. Stern
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307388492
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)
Download or read book The Buffalo Creek Disaster written by Gerald M. Stern and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2008-05-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "suspenseful and completely absorbing story" (San Francisco Chronicle) of how survivors of the worst coal-mining disaster in history triumphed over corporate irresponsibility—written by the young lawyer who took on their case and won. One Saturday morning in February 1972, an impoundment dam owned by the Pittston Coal Company burst, sending a 130 million gallon, 25 foot tidal wave of water, sludge, and debris crashing into southern West Virginia's Buffalo Creek hollow. It was one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history. 125 people were killed instantly, more than 1,000 were injured, and over 4,000 were suddenly homeless. Instead of accepting the small settlements offered by the coal company's insurance offices, a few hundred of the survivors banded together to sue.
Author : Norbert J. Delatte
Publisher : Amer Society of Civil Engineers
ISBN 13 : 9780784409732
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (97 download)
Download or read book Beyond Failure written by Norbert J. Delatte and published by Amer Society of Civil Engineers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norbert Delatte presents the circumstances of important failures that have had far-reaching impacts on civil engineering practice, organized around topics in the engineering curriculum.
Author : Knox Books
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780965582445
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (824 download)
Download or read book 1911 written by Knox Books and published by . This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Norris Hundley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520287665
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Heavy Ground written by Norris Hundley and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minutes beforeÊmidnightÊon March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed, sending more than 12 billion gallons of water surging through CaliforniaÕs Santa Clara Valley and killing some 400 people, causing the greatest civil engineering disaster in twentieth-century American history. This extensively illustrated volume gives an account of how the St. Francis Dam came to be built, the reasons for its collapse, the terror and heartbreak brought by the flood, the efforts to restore the Santa Clara Valley, the political factors influencing investigations of the failure, and the effect of the disaster on dam safety regulation. Underlying all is a consideration of how the damÑand the disasterÑwere inextricably intertwined with the life and career of William Mulholland.Ê
Author : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1032 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Interstate Commerce Commission Reports written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert B. Jansen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Dams and Public Safety written by Robert B. Jansen and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gunnar M. Brune
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585441969
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)
Download or read book Springs of Texas written by Gunnar M. Brune and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores the natural history of Texas and more than 2900 springs in 183 Texas counties. It also includes an in-depth discussion of the general characteristics of springs - their physical and prehistoric settings, their historical significance, and their associated flora and fauna.
Author : United States. Federal Power Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1560 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Opinions and Decisions of the Federal Power Commission written by United States. Federal Power Commission and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 1560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains all the formal opinions and accompanying orders of the Federal Power Commission ... In addition to the formal opinions, there have been included intermediate decisions which have become final and selected orders of the Commission issued during such period.
Author : Thomas Ulvan Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Austin Dam written by Thomas Ulvan Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Brazos & Colorado Rivers in Texas written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2120 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)
Download or read book Reorganization of the Federal Judiciary written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 2120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1060 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Hearings, March 30-April 2, 1937 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 1060 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
