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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.

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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:

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 1939 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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:

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:

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Download or read book Design and construction Bull 1 General features Bull 2 Boulder Dam Bull 5 Penstocks and outlet pipes Bull 6 Imperial Dam and desilting works 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:

Download or read book Dams written by Donald C. Jackson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dams have been used to control water for thousands of years, with the oldest known dam being a small earthen structure in present-day Jordan dating to c.4000 BCE. Since then, cultures throughout the world have practised the art of dam-building and the technology has evolved in myriad ways. The papers selected here examine the key technical issues influencing dam construction from ancient times to the early 20th century. In addition they illustrate why various human societies have built dams and how ’social’ (or seemingly ’non-technical’) factors have influenced the process of dam design. Though hydraulic engineering is the primary focus of the book, it also reveals a keen interest in questions of water resources and environmental history.