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a confluence of engineering and politics
xiv, 369 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Origins and early years of the U.S. reclamation service: the massive and structural traditions of dam design -- The Corps of engineers and early multipurpose projects: Wilson and Tygart dams -- The Colorado river: Boulder canyon project and Hoover Dam -- The Columbia River control plan: Bonneville and Grand Coulee Dams -- Earth dams on the Missouri River: Fort Peck Dam, the Pick-Sloan plan, and Garrison Dam -- California's central valley project: Shasta and Friant dams.
David P. Billington and Donald C. Jackson.
Includes bibliographical references and index.