Big Dams of the New Deal Era

Name: Big Dams of the New Deal Era
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A Confluence of Engineering and Politics

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The massive dams of the American West were designed to serve multiple purposes: improving navigation, irrigating crops, storing water, controlling floods, and generating hydroelectricity. Their construction also put thousands of people to work during the Great Depression. Only later did the dams' baneful effects on river ecologies spark public debate. Big Dams of the New Deal Era tells how major water-storage structures were erected in four western river basins. David P. Billington and Donald C. Jackson reveal how engineering science, regional and national politics, perceived public needs, and a river's natural features intertwined to create distinctive dams within each region. In particular, the authors describe how two federal agencies, the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation, became key players in the creation of these important public works. By illuminating the mathematical analysis that supported large-scale dam construction, the authors also describe how and why engineers in the 1930s most often opted for massive gravity dams, whose design required enormous quantities of concrete or earth-rock fill for stability. Richly illustrated, Big Dams of the New Deal Era offers a compelling account of how major dams in the New Deal era restructured the landscape - both politically and physically - and why American society in the 1930s embraced them wholeheartedly.

Author Biography:

David P. Billington, (1927-2018) was Gordon Y. S. Wu Professor of Engineering Emeritus at Princeton University. His work inspired a generation of scholars and redefined the consideration of great engineering works from bridges to buildings. Donald C. Jackson, Cornelia F. Hugel Professor of History at Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, is the author of Great American Bridges and Dams.

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April 30th, 2017

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Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

131 black & white illustrations

Pages

416

Dimensions

178x254x20

ISBN-13

9780806157627

Product ID

26193800

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