Damming Grand Canyon
Subtitle: the 1923 USGS Colorado River expedition
By: Diane E. Boyer and Robert H. Webb ; U.S. Geological Survey ; foreword by Michael Collier
Contributors: Webb, Robert H; Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher: Utah State University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Logan, Utah
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780874216608
Subjects: Geological Survey (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century; Geological Survey (U.S.) -- Biography; River surveys -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- History -- 20th century; Dams -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- History -- 20th century; Water-supply -- Political aspects -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon -- History -- 20th century; Water resources development -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon -- History -- 20th century; Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Description and travel; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Description and travel; Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Environmental conditions; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Environmental conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Water and the Colorado desert; title: Where should the dams be? politics, the Colorado River Compact, and the Geological Survey's role; title: Prelude to an expedition : Washington and Flagstaff; title: A cumbersome journey : Flagstaff to Lee's Ferry to the Little Colorado River; title: Surveys and portages : Furnace Flats through the Inner Gorge; title: Of flips and floods : Bass Canyon to Diamond Creek; title: Feeling their oats : Diamond Creek to Needles; title: Aftermath : politics and the strident hydraulic engineer