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Book Boulder Canyon Project  Introductory  Bulletin 1  General history and description of project  1948  Bulletin 2  Hoover dam power and water contrasts and related data  1950

Download or read book Boulder Canyon Project Introductory Bulletin 1 General history and description of project 1948 Bulletin 2 Hoover dam power and water contrasts and related data 1950 written by United States. Bureau of Reclamation and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 1580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Boulder Canyon Project  Bulletin 1  General history and description of project  Bulletin 2  Hoover Dam and water contracts and related data  2 v

Download or read book Boulder Canyon Project Bulletin 1 General history and description of project Bulletin 2 Hoover Dam and water contracts and related data 2 v written by United States. Bureau of Reclamation and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hoover Dam

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  • Author : Joseph E. Stevens
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • Release : 2014-09-12
  • ISBN : 0806148144
  • Pages : 338 pages

Download or read book Hoover Dam written by Joseph E. Stevens and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2014-09-12 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1931, in a rugged desert canyon on the Arizona-Nevada border, an army of workmen began one of the most difficult and daring building projects ever undertaken—the construction of Hoover Dam. Through the worst years of the Great Depression as many as five thousand laborers toiled twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, to erect the huge structure that would harness the Colorado River and transform the American West. Construction of the giant dam was a triumph of human ingenuity, yet the full story of this monumental endeavor has never been told. Now, in an engrossing, fast-paced narrative, Joseph E. Stevens recounts the gripping saga of Hoover Dam. Drawing on a wealth of material, including manuscript collections, government documents, contemporary newspaper and magazine accounts, and personal interviews and correspondence with men and women who were involved with the construction, he brings the Hoover Dam adventure to life. Described here in dramatic detail are the deadly hazards the work crews faced as they hacked and blasted the dam’s foundation out of solid rock; the bitter political battles and violent labor unrest that threatened to shut the job down; the deprivation and grinding hardship endured by the workers’ families; the dam builders’ gambling, drinking, and whoring sprees in nearby Las Vegas; and the stirring triumphs and searing moments of terror as the massive concrete wedge rose inexorably from the canyon floor. Here, too, is an unforgettable cast of characters: Henry Kaiser, Warren Bechtel, and Harry Morrison, the ambitious, headstrong construction executives who gambled fortune and fame on the Hoover Dam contract; Frank Crowe, the brilliant, obsessed field engineer who relentlessly drove the work force to finish the dam two and a half years ahead of schedule; Sims Ely, the irascible, teetotaling eccentric who ruled Boulder City, the straightlaced company town created for the dam workers by the federal government; and many more men and women whose courage and sacrifice, greed and frailty, made the dam’s construction a great human, as well as technological, adventure. Hoover Dam is a compelling, irresistible account of an extraordinary American epic.

Book Boulder Canyon Project  Bulletin 1  General features  1941  Bulletin 2  Boulder dam  1941  Bulletin 3  Diversion  outlet and spillway structures  1947  Bulletin 4  Concrete manufacture  handling and control  1947  Bulletin 5  Penstocks and outlet pipes  1949  Bulletin 6  Imperial dam and desilting works  1949

Download or read book Boulder Canyon Project Bulletin 1 General features 1941 Bulletin 2 Boulder dam 1941 Bulletin 3 Diversion outlet and spillway structures 1947 Bulletin 4 Concrete manufacture handling and control 1947 Bulletin 5 Penstocks and outlet pipes 1949 Bulletin 6 Imperial dam and desilting works 1949 written by United States. Bureau of Reclamation and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Boulder Canyon Project

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Book Boulder Canyon Project Final Reports  Part 1  Introductory  Bulletin 1  General History and Description of Project

Download or read book Boulder Canyon Project Final Reports Part 1 Introductory Bulletin 1 General History and Description of Project written by Boulder Canyon Project (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Boulder Canyon Project  Preparatory examinations  Bulletin 1  Geological investigations  1950

Download or read book Boulder Canyon Project Preparatory examinations Bulletin 1 Geological investigations 1950 written by United States. Bureau of Reclamation and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Boulder Canyon Project Final Reports  Part 1  Introductory  Bulletin 2  Hoover Dam Power and Water Contracts and Related Data

Download or read book Boulder Canyon Project Final Reports Part 1 Introductory Bulletin 2 Hoover Dam Power and Water Contracts and Related Data written by Boulder Canyon Project (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 1316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Boulder Canyon Project

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Book Boulder Canyon Project  Technical investigations  Bulletin 1  Trial load method of analyzing arch dams  1938  Bulletin 2  Slab analogy experiments  1938  Bulletin 3  Model tests of Boulder dam  1939  Bulletin 4  Stress studies for Boulder dam  1939  Bulletin 5  Penstock analysis and stiffener design  1940  Bulletin 6  Model tests of arch and cantilever elements  1940

Download or read book Boulder Canyon Project Technical investigations Bulletin 1 Trial load method of analyzing arch dams 1938 Bulletin 2 Slab analogy experiments 1938 Bulletin 3 Model tests of Boulder dam 1939 Bulletin 4 Stress studies for Boulder dam 1939 Bulletin 5 Penstock analysis and stiffener design 1940 Bulletin 6 Model tests of arch and cantilever elements 1940 written by United States. Bureau of Reclamation and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Boulder City U S  93 Corridor Study  Clark County

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Book Technical investigations  Bull 1  Trial load method of analyzing arch dams  Bull 2  Slab analogy experiments  Bull 3  Model tests of Boulder Dam  Bull 4  Stress studies for Boulder Dam  Bull 5  Penstock analysis and stiffener design  Bull 6  Model tests of arch and cantilever elements

Download or read book Technical investigations Bull 1 Trial load method of analyzing arch dams Bull 2 Slab analogy experiments Bull 3 Model tests of Boulder Dam Bull 4 Stress studies for Boulder Dam Bull 5 Penstock analysis and stiffener design Bull 6 Model tests of arch and cantilever elements written by United States. Bureau of Reclamation and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cement and concrete investigations  Bull 1  Thermal properties of concrete  Bull 2  Investigations of Portland cements  Bull 3  Cooling of concrete dams  Bull 4  Mass concrete investigations

Download or read book Cement and concrete investigations Bull 1 Thermal properties of concrete Bull 2 Investigations of Portland cements Bull 3 Cooling of concrete dams Bull 4 Mass concrete investigations written by United States. Bureau of Reclamation and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Publications for Sale

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Book Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications

Download or read book Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications written by United States. Superintendent of Documents and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 1640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: