Author: William Milnor RobertsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ohio River
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Practical Views on the Proposed Improvement of the Ohio River
Author: William Milnor RobertsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ohio River
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Author: Carnegie Library of PittsburghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1152
Book Description
Hydraulicians in the USA 1800-2000
Author: Willi H. HagerPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1315680122
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1021
Book Description
This book provides 1-page short biographies of scientists and engineers having worked in the areas of hydraulic engineering and fluid dynamics in the USA. On each page, a notable individual is highlighted by: (1) Exact dates and locations of birth and death; (2) Educational and professional details, including also awards received; (3) Rea
The Thousand-Year Flood
Author: David WelkyPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226887189
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
In the early days of 1937, the Ohio River, swollen by heavy winter rains, began rising. And rising. And rising. By the time the waters crested, the Ohio and Mississippi had climbed to record heights. Nearly four hundred people had died, while a million more had run from their homes. The deluge caused more than half a billion dollars of damage at a time when the Great Depression still battered the nation. Timed to coincide with the flood's seventy-fifth anniversary, The Thousand-Year Flood is the first comprehensive history of one of the most destructive disasters in American history. David Welky first shows how decades of settlement put Ohio valley farms and towns at risk and how politicians and planners repeatedly ignored the dangers. Then he tells the gripping story of the river's inexorable rise: residents fled to refugee camps and higher ground, towns imposed martial law, prisoners rioted, Red Cross nurses endured terrifying conditions, and FDR dispatched thousands of relief workers. In a landscape fraught with dangers—from unmoored gas tanks that became floating bombs to powerful currents of filthy floodwaters that swept away whole towns—people hastily raised sandbag barricades, piled into overloaded rowboats, and marveled at water that stretched as far as the eye could see. In the flood's aftermath, Welky explains, New Deal reformers, utopian dreamers, and hard-pressed locals restructured not only the flood-stricken valleys, but also the nation's relationship with its waterways, changes that continue to affect life along the rivers to this day. A striking narrative of danger and adventure—and the mix of heroism and generosity, greed and pettiness that always accompany disaster—The Thousand-Year Flood breathes new life into a fascinating yet little-remembered American story.
Journal of the Franklin Institute
Author: Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Vols. 1-69 include more or less complete patent reports of the U. S. Patent Office for years 1825-59.
Journal of the Franklin Institute
Author: Annual Report of the Corporation of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York
Author: New York Chamber of CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Proceedings ... for ... 1862, etc
Author: Chamber of Commerce (NEW YORK, State of)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Among Our Books
Author: Carnegie Library of PittsburghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Monthly Bulletin of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Author: Carnegie Library of PittsburghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description