Author: J. Leffel & CoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Barrages
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The Construction of Mill Dams
Author: J. Leffel & CoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Barrages
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The Construction of Mill Dams: Comprising Also the Building of Race and Reservoir Embankments and Head Gates
Author: J. Leffel & CoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Barrages
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Leffel's Construction of Mill Dams
Author: Leffel, J., & CoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dams
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The design and construction of dams, including masonary, earth
Author: Edward WegmannThe Historical Archaeology of Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeological surveying
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Design of Small Dams
Author: United States. Bureau of ReclamationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Barrages
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
The Design and Construction of Dams
Author: Edward WegmannPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Barrages
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
Pastoral and Monumental
Author: Donald C. JacksonPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822978598
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
In Pastoral and Monumental, Donald C. Jackson chronicles America's longtime fascination with dams as represented on picture postcards from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Through over four hundred images, Jackson documents the remarkable transformation of dams and their significance to the environment and culture of America. Initially, dams were portrayed in pastoral settings on postcards that might jokingly proclaim them as "a dam pretty place." But scenes of flood damage, dam collapses, and other disasters also captured people's attention. Later, images of New Deal projects, such as the Hoover Dam, Grand Coulee Dam, and Norris Dam, symbolized America's rise from the Great Depression through monumental public works and technological innovation. Jackson relates the practical applications of dams, describing their use in irrigation, navigation, flood control, hydroelectric power, milling, mining, and manufacturing. He chronicles changing construction techniques, from small timber mill dams to those more massive and more critical to a society dependent on instant access to electricity and potable water. Concurrent to the evolution of dam technology, Jackson recounts the rise of a postcard culture that was fueled by advances in printing, photography, lowered postal rates, and America's fascination with visual imagery. In 1910, almost one billion postcards were mailed through the U.S. Postal Service, and for a period of over fifty years, postcards featuring dams were "all the rage." Whether displaying the charms of an old mill, the aftermath of a devastating flood, or the construction of a colossal gravity dam, these postcards were a testament to how people perceived dams as structures of both beauty and technological power.
The Young Mill-wright and Miller's Guide
Author: Oliver EvansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flour mills
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Quarterly accession lists; beginning with Apr. 1893, the bulletin is limited to "subject lists, special bibliographies, and reprints or facsimiles of original documents, prints and manuscripts in the Library," the accessions being recorded in a separate classified list, Jan.-Apr. 1893, a weekly bulletin Apr. 1893-Apr. 1894, as well as a classified list of later accessions in the last number published of the bulletin itself (Jan. 1896)