Author : Paul C. Pitzer
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,5 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
ISBN : 9780874221107
In the capable hands of Paul Pitzer, the fight for Grand Coulee Dam and the story of its construction is a vital, animated saga of people striving for dazzling goals and then working to build something spectacular. These visionaries accomplished their objective against the backdrop of the worst economic depression in the nation's history. The dam and the extensive irrigation network it supports stand today as a monument to their dreams and labors.
Author : L. Vaughn Downs
Publisher : ASCE Publications
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 33,4 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780784473740
The Mightiest of Them All: Memories of Grand Coulee Dam presents the experiences of L. Vaughn Downs from the time he started working on the dam when it was in the design stage, through the construction period and into many years of actual dam operation and maintenance. He provides glimpses into the personalities connected with the project and explains the many techniques and pieces of equipment that were developed or improved as the dam was built. Downs also devotes considerable attention to problems they encountered and the solutions developed in the hope that others will learn from these situations. This revised edition brings the story up to the current period with an examination of the upkeep and condition of the dam after 50 years, and its prospects for the future. Engineers, architects, and interested general readers will feel the thrill of this extraordinary dam, as the informative text and bounty of photographs illustrate various stages of construction and the dramatic rates of progress attained.
Author : Kylienne A. Clark
Publisher : The Ohio State University
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 50,73 MB
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Nature
ISBN :
This book was written by undergraduate students at The Ohio State University (OSU) who were enrolled in the class Introduction to Environmental Science. The chapters describe some of Earth's major environmental challenges and discuss ways that humans are using cutting-edge science and engineering to provide sustainable solutions to these problems. Topics are as diverse as the students, who represent virtually every department, school and college at OSU. The environmental issue that is described in each chapter is particularly important to the author, who hopes that their story will serve as inspiration to protect Earth for all life.
Author : Blaine Harden
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 39,6 MB
Release : 1997-11-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780393316902
Details the destruction of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest by well-intentioned Americans who saw only the benefits of the dam-building, power plant and irrigation projects, not realizing the longterm effects of killing the river.
Author : George A. Shipman
Publisher :
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 12,27 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Coulee Dam (Wash.)
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 41,85 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
ISBN :
Author : Robert E. Ficken
Publisher :
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 30,65 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Rufus Woods, for more than forty years the editor and publisher of the Wenatchee Daily World, has often been called the "High Priest of the Columbia River." No person deserves the title more. From his editorial platform, Woods tirelessly promoted Wenatchee and north central Washington and long advocated the general development of the Columbia River. For decades, he pegged his brightest hopes on a huge dam in the isolated Grand Coulee region. From 1918 through Grand Coulee's completion in 1941, Rufus Woods was the leading promoter of the largest dam-building project in American history. Award-winning historian Robert Ficken has produced a full and lively biography of one of the Northwest's most influential newspapermen.
Author : George Anderson Shipman
Publisher :
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 44,41 MB
Release : 1954
Category : Coulee Dam (Wash.)
ISBN :
Author : Bruce Norman Bjornstad
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 12,59 MB
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030530434
This heavily illustrated book contains descriptions and geologic interpretations of photographs (mostly aerial) illustrating the power and magnitude of repeated Ice Age flooding in the Pacific Northwest, as recently as 14,000 years ago. The scale of Ice Age floods was so huge that today it is often difficult to see and appreciate the power and magnitude of such megafloods from ground level. However, from the air, landforms created by the floods often come into clear focus. Aerial images, obtained via unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) as well as fixed-wing airplane, add a new perspective on evidence gathered by dozens of scientists since 1923.
Author : Greg Vandy
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,53 MB
Release : 2016-04-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1570619700
A fascinating portrait of icon Woody Guthrie, the Pacific Northwest, and folk music—all set against the backdrop of a tumultuous moment in American history In 1941, Woody Guthrie wrote 26 songs in 30 days—including classics like “Roll On Columbia” and “Pastures of Plenty”—when he was hired by the Bonneville Power Administration to promote the benefits of cheap hydroelectric power, irrigation, and the Grand Coulee Dam. Now, KEXP DJ Greg Vandy takes readers inside the unusual partnership between one of America’s great folk artists and the federal government, and shows how the American folk revival was a response to hard times. 26 Songs In 30 Days plunges deeply into the historical context of the time and the progressive politics that embraced Social Democracy during an era in which the United States had been severely suffering from The Great Depression. And though this is a musical history of a vibrant American musical icon and a specific part of the country, it couldn’t be a better reminder of how timeless and expansive such topics are in today’s political discourse.
