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Damming Grand Canyon the 1923 USGS Colorado River expedition

Title
Damming Grand Canyon [electronic resource] : the 1923 USGS Colorado River expedition / Diane E. Boyer and Robert H. Webb ; U.S. Geological Survey ; foreword by Michael Collier.
Author
Boyer, Diane E.
Publication
Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, c2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Webb, Robert H.
  • Geological Survey (U.S.)
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 289 p.) : ill., maps.
Uniform Title
Damming Grand Canyon (Online)
Alternative Title
Damming Grand Canyon (Online)
Subject
  • Geological Survey (U.S.) > History > 20th century
  • Geological Survey (U.S.) > Biography
  • River surveys > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > History > 20th century
  • Dams > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > History > 20th century
  • Water-supply > Political aspects > History > Arizona > Grand Canyon > 20th century
  • Water resources development > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History > 20th century
  • Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Description and travel
  • Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Description and travel
  • Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Environmental conditions
  • Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Environmental conditions
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2006103108
OCLC
ssj0000535652
Author
Boyer, Diane E.
Title
Damming Grand Canyon [electronic resource] : the 1923 USGS Colorado River expedition / Diane E. Boyer and Robert H. Webb ; U.S. Geological Survey ; foreword by Michael Collier.
Imprint
Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, c2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Webb, Robert H.
Geological Survey (U.S.)
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