Damming Grand Canyon : The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition

Damming Grand Canyon The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition

In 1923, America paid close attention, via special radio broadcasts, newspaper headlines, and cover stories in popular magazines, as a government party descended the Colorado to survey Grand Canyon. Fifty years after John Wesley Powell's journey, the canyon still had an aura of mystery and extr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boyer, Diane E. (-)
Corporate Author: Geological Survey (U.S.) (-)
Other Authors: Webb, Robert H.
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press 2007.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Geological Survey (U.S.) > Biography.
Geological Survey (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
Water resources development > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History > 20th century.
Water-supply > Political aspects > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History > 20th century.
Dams > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > History > 20th century.
River surveys > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > History > 20th century.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Environmental conditions.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Environmental conditions.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Description and travel.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Description and travel.
Electronic books.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430344006719
Table of Contents:
  • 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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