Dam Builders

Author : Bill Gulick
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826334862
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dam Builders written by Bill Gulick and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fourth and final volume in the "Roll on Columbia" series that follows the course of the ecological destruction in the Pacific Northwest's vital watershed.

Author : James Mark Miller
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0857905635
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dam Builders written by James Mark Miller and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2016-02-19 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of Scottish hydropower vividly chronicles the mid-20th century public works projects that transformed the Highlands. In the thirty years after the Second World War, the construction projects of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board changed the face of the Highlands. They brought electricity to nearly every region north of the Highland Line. Founded by Scotland’s idealistic Secretary of State Tom Johnston, these epic projects of hard labor in beautiful landscapes gave hope to Highland communities. By the time the last scheme was opened in Foyers in 1975, the engineers had built some fifty major dams and power stations, almost 200 miles of tunnel, 400 miles of road, and over 20,000 miles of power line. The Board had to overcome adverse weather and difficult terrain, as well as political opposition. The Dam Builders is a vivid account of these historic projects and includes eyewitness stories from many of the workers who made the electrification of the Highlands a reality.

Author : Francesca de Chatel
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1412809886
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water Sheikhs and Dam Builders written by Francesca de Chatel and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francesca de Châtel explores the problems and paradoxes of water resources in the Middle East and North Africa. She takes an entirely new angle on the much-discussed question of water scarcity by examining the history and culture of water from a human perspective. Unlike other books on the subject that provide specialized geopolitical, economic, and hydrological analyses, this book presents the reality of water scarcity through the eyes of those confronting the problem on a daily basis. The author provides a colorful and diverse portrait of a resource that is inextricably entwined with the history and future of the region and its peoples. Using research obtained in her travels, she combines lively character sketches, interviews, travel descriptions, historical anecdotes, and hard facts to reveal the complexity of this invaluable resource. Besides identifying the causes of the current water crisis, the book also discusses the reason for a lack of awareness among the general public, and deals with a variety of themes: the role of water in religions and ideologies, the impact of large-scale water projects on people’s perception of the resource, and the politics of water pricing. In exploring the past, present, and future of water in the region, de Châtel exposes the roots of the current water crisis.

Author : Michael Runtz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781554553242
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dam Builders written by Michael Runtz and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive overview of the lives of beavers and the habitats that arise from their actions. It is a visual extravaganza with approximately 400 photographs providing intimate insights into the lives of beavers and the other inhabitants of their ponds. And many new observations and rarely seen moments will be revealed as well.

Author : James E. Kelly
Publisher : Addison Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780201057270
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dam Builders written by James E. Kelly and published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1977 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces each step in the design and construction of earthfill and masonry dams and describes the equipment and machinery used.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Historical Archaeology of Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona: Synthesis written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : R.B. Jansen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461308577
Total Pages : 817 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advanced Dam Engineering for Design, Construction, and Rehabilitation written by R.B. Jansen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present state of the art of dam engineering has been ronmental, and political factors, which, though important, attained by a continuous search for new ideas and methods are covered in other publications. while incorporating the lessons of the past. In the last 20 The rapid progress in recent times has resulted from the years particularly there have been major innovations, due combined efforts of engineers and associated scientists, as largely to a concerted effort to blend the best of theory and exemplified by the authorities who have contributed to this practice. Accompanying these achievements, there has been book. These individuals have brought extensive knowledge a significant trend toward free interchange among the pro to the task, drawn from experience throughout the world. fessional disciplines, including open discussion of prob With the convergence of such distinguished talent, the op lems and their solutions. The inseparable relationships of portunity for accomplishment was substantial. I gratefully hydrology, geology, and seismology to engineering have acknowledge the generous cooperation of these writers, and been increasingly recognized in this field, where progress am indebted also to other persons and organizations that is founded on interdisciplinary cooperation. have allowed reference to their publications; and I have This book presents advances in dam engineering that attempted to acknowledge this obligation in the sections have been achieved in recent years or are under way. At where the material is used. These courtesies are deeply ap tention is given to practical aspects of design, construction, preciated.

Author : George Anthony Young
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Slide-dam Construction Employing Nuclear Explosives written by George Anthony Young and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Conchas District
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Design and Construction of Conchas Dam, New Mexico written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Conchas District and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Donald C. Jackson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806137339
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building the Ultimate Dam written by Donald C. Jackson and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers compelling insight into how designer Eastwood battled government bureaucrats, corporate patrons, and fellow hydraulic engineers to build seventeen dams in the western U.S. during the early twentieth century based on his innovative multiple-arch design. Reprint.