The DamThe story of the Grand Coulee Dam and a near tragedy on March 14, 1952 when the Grand Coulee began to fail. At the time the book was published, it was the largest concrete dam in the world. |
Contents
Shadow of Disaster | 3 |
The River and the Coulee | 9 |
The Concrete Dream | 17 |
Copyright | |
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