TY - BOOK AU - Boyer,Diane E. AU - Webb,Robert H. ED - Geological Survey (U.S.) ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Damming Grand Canyon: the 1923 USGS Colorado River expedition AV - F788 .B69 2007 U1 - 917.91/320434 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Logan, Utah PB - Utah State University Press KW - Geological Survey (U.S.) KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Biography KW - River surveys KW - Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) KW - Dams KW - Water-supply KW - Political aspects KW - Arizona KW - Grand Canyon KW - Water resources development KW - Grand Canyon (Ariz.) KW - Description and travel KW - Environmental conditions KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes 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; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3442866 ER -