The Story of Hoover Dam

United States. Bureau of Reclamation

United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, 1971 - Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) - 75 pages

Contents

• the river 1 The Exploring Spaniards Come: 1
• A Dangerous Obstacle: 3
• Flood and Drought: 6
• The Bold Decision: 8
• The Black Canyon Site: 10
• Rights to Water: 12
• The Boulder Canyon Project Act the: 15
• The Fundamental Problem: 17
• Steps Preliminary to Construction: 20
• Plan of Attack: 21
• The River Is Turned: 23
• A Plate Steel Fabricating Plant Erected at the Dam Site: 24
• The River Harnessed at Last: 26
• Boulder City Nevada: 30
• the benefits 35 A Significant Prophecy Now Being Realized: 35
• Lake Mead Regulates the Floods: 38
• No More Drought: 41
• A Vital Metropolitan Water Supply: 44
• The Sediment Menace Reduced: 47
• Navigation on the Colorado: 48
• A Nations Playground: 49
• Benefits to Wildlife 53 Power and Strength of the West: 53
• The Endless Tune of Untold Wealth: 54
• Increasing Power Generation: 55
• The Ramified Benefits: 59
• The Benefits Multiplied: 61
• Facts and Figures: 63

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Story of Hoover Dam
• Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation
• Publisher: United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, 1971
• Original from: University of California, Berkeley
• Digitized: Aug 28, 2019
• Length: 75 pages