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Damming Grand Canyon : The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : University Press of Colorado, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (304 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780874216653
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Damming Grand CanyonDDC classification:
  • 917.91/320434
LOC classification:
  • F788
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Water and the Colorado Desert -- 2. Where Should the Dams Be? : Politics, the Colorado River Compact, and the Geological Survey's Role -- 3. Prelude to an Expedition: Washington and Flagstaff -- 4. A Cumbersome Journey: Flagstaff to Lee's Ferry to the Little Colorado River -- 5. Surveys and Portages: Furnace Flats through the Inner Gorge -- 6. Of Flips and Floods: Bass Canyon to Diamond Creek -- 7. Feeling Their Oats: Diamond Creek to Needles -- 8. Aftermath: Politics and the Strident Hydraulic Engineer -- About the Authors -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Water and the Colorado Desert -- 2. Where Should the Dams Be? : Politics, the Colorado River Compact, and the Geological Survey's Role -- 3. Prelude to an Expedition: Washington and Flagstaff -- 4. A Cumbersome Journey: Flagstaff to Lee's Ferry to the Little Colorado River -- 5. Surveys and Portages: Furnace Flats through the Inner Gorge -- 6. Of Flips and Floods: Bass Canyon to Diamond Creek -- 7. Feeling Their Oats: Diamond Creek to Needles -- 8. Aftermath: Politics and the Strident Hydraulic Engineer -- About the Authors -- Index.

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