Building the Ultimate Dam: John S. Eastwood and the Control of Water in the West

by Donald C. Jackson

Book Overview

This text explores the function of dam building in the Western USA. It focuses on the trail-blazing engineer, John S. Eastwood, who promoted the inexpensive but controversial multiple-arch dam.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700607161
• ISBN13: 9780700607167
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 2.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.1" x 10.3"