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Book Laboratory Reports

Download or read book Laboratory Reports written by United States. Bureau of Reclamation. Technical Library, Denver and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Treatise on Dams

Download or read book Treatise on Dams written by and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Geological Survey Circular

Download or read book Geological Survey Circular written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hoover Dam

    Book Details:
  • 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 Soil Ecotoxicology

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joseph Tarradellas
  • Publisher : CRC Press
  • Release : 1996-12-23
  • ISBN : 9781566701341
  • Pages : 406 pages

Download or read book Soil Ecotoxicology written by Joseph Tarradellas and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1996-12-23 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soils are receptacles for a wide range of hazardous chemicals generated by human activities. Whether or not this contamination is deliberate, accurate toxicity assessments are important for health and economic reasons. Soil Ecotoxicology discusses the sources, fate, and transport of hazardous chemicals in soils. The fate (biodegradation and modeling) and the potential impacts of pesticides on soil ecosystems are emphasized, and methodologies for performing toxicity assessments are provided.

Book National Program of Inspection of Dams

Download or read book National Program of Inspection of Dams written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Surface Water Records of Arizona

Download or read book Surface Water Records of Arizona written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Surface Water Records of California

Download or read book Surface Water Records of California written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Geological Survey Water supply Paper

Download or read book Geological Survey Water supply Paper written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 1364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Water Resources Data

Download or read book Water Resources Data written by and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Open file Report

Download or read book Open file Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Western Construction News

Download or read book Western Construction News written by and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 1026 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 1949 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Water Resources Data for Arizona

Download or read book Water Resources Data for Arizona written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: