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.
Material type: TextPublication details: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, c2007Description: xiii, 289 p. : ill., mapsISBN: 9780874216653 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): 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 -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon -- History -- 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 conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 917.91/320434 LOC classification: F788 | .B69 2007Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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