Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign RelationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Niagara River Water Power
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign RelationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Fixing Niagara Falls
Author: Daniel MacfarlanePublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774864257
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Since the late nineteenth century, Niagara Falls has been heavily engineered to generate energy behind a flowing façade designed to appeal to tourists. Fixing Niagara Falls reveals the technological feats and cross-border politics that facilitated the transformation of one of the most important natural sites in North America. Daniel Macfarlane shows how this natural wonder is essentially a tap: huge tunnels around the reconfigured Falls channel the waters of the Niagara River, which ebb and flow according to the tourism calendar. This book offers a unique interdisciplinary and transborder perspective on how the Niagara landscape embodies the power of technology and nature.
Water Power
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Water PowerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water-power
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Inventing Niagara
Author: Ginger StrandPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416564810
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Americans call Niagara Falls a natural wonder, but the Falls aren't very natural anymore. In fact, they are a study in artifice. Water diverted, riverbed reshaped, brink stabilized and landscape redesigned, the Falls are more a monument to man's meddling than to nature's strength. Held up as an example of something real, they are hemmed in with fakery -- waxworks, haunted houses, IMAX films and ersatz Indian tales. A symbol of American manifest destiny, they are shared politely with Canada. Emblem of nature's power, they are completely human-controlled. Archetype of natural beauty, they belie an ugly environmental legacy still bubbling up from below. On every level, Niagara Falls is a monument to how America falsifies nature, reshaping its contours and redirecting its force while claiming to submit to its will. Combining history, reportage and personal narrative, Inventing Niagara traces Niagara's journey from sublime icon to engineering marvel to camp spectacle. Along the way, Ginger Strand uncovers the hidden history of America's waterfall: the Mohawk chief who wrested the Falls from his adopted tribe, the revered town father who secretly assisted slave catchers, the wartime workers who unknowingly helped build the Bomb and the building contractor who bought and sold a pharaoh. With an uncanny ability to zero in on the buried truth, Strand introduces us to underwater dams, freaks of nature, mythical maidens and 280,000 radioactive mice buried at Niagara. From LaSalle to Lincoln to Los Alamos, Mohawks to Marilyn, Niagara's story is America's story, a tale of dreams founded on the mastery of nature. At a time of increasing environmental crisis, Inventing Niagara shows us how understanding the cultural history of nature might help us rethink our place in it today.
Niagara River Power Project
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public WorksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hydroelectric power plants
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
City of Light
Author: Lauren BelferPublisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
ISBN: 0385337647
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • “Breathtaking . . . a remarkable blend of murder mystery, love story, political intrigue, and tragedy of manners.”—USA Today The year is 1901. Buffalo, New York, is poised for glory. With its booming industry and newly electrified streets, Buffalo is a model for the century just beginning. Louisa Barrett has made this dazzling city her home. Headmistress of Buffalo’s most prestigious school, Louisa is at ease in a world of men, protected by the titans of her city. But nothing prepares her for a startling discovery: evidence of a murder tied to the city’s cathedral-like power plant at nearby Niagara Falls. This shocking crime—followed by another mysterious death—will ignite an explosive chain of events. For in this city of seething intrigue and dazzling progress, a battle rages among politicians, power brokers, and industrialists for control of Niagara. And one extraordinary woman in their midst must protect a dark secret that implicates them all. . . .
Thomas Hart Benton
Author: Theodore RooseveltReports on the Water-power of the United States
Author: United States. Census OfficePublisher: Norman Ross Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
Water Power Engineering
Author: Daniel Webster MeadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hydraulic engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
Tenth Census of the United States, 1880: Water power
Author: United States. Census Office. 10th census, 1880Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
Book Description