Dams and waterways
By: Cynthia Phillips and Shana Priwer.
Contributors: Priwer, Shana.
Series: Frameworks
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Armonk, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780765681225
Subjects: Dams -- Juvenile literature; Waterways -- Juvenile literature; Hydraulic engineering -- Juvenile literature; Water-power -- Juvenile literature; Irrigation -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-109) and index.
Table of contents: title: The basics of water supply; title: Irrigation and drinking water; title: Dams and reservoirs; title: Work from water : waterwheels, mills, and hydroelectric power; title: Transportation canals and locks; title: Problems in river engineering; title: Dikes, seawalls, levees, and other flood protection.