Hundley Norris, Jackson Donald C. Heavy Ground: William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster 9781948908887

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Автор: Hundley Norris, Jackson Donald C.
Название: Heavy Ground: William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster
ISBN: 9781948908887
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

Всеобщая и мировая история

История Америк

Управление природопользованием

Строительство гидротехнических сооружений

ISBN-10: 1948908883
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 448
Вес: 0.45 кг.
Дата издания: 30.12.2020
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 151 black & white photos, 3 maps, 15 diagrams
Размер: 216 x 140 x 25
Ключевые слова: Dams & reservoirs,Environmental management,History of the Americas,Regional & national history, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY),NATURE / Natural Resources,TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Dams & Reserv
Подзаголовок: William mulholland and the st. francis dam disaster
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Minutes before midnight on March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed, sending more than twelve billion gallons of water surging through Southern Californias Santa Clara Valley, killing some four hundred people and causing the greatest civil engineering disaster in twentieth-century American history. In this carefully researched work, Norris Hundley jr. and Donald C. Jackson provide a riveting narrative exploring the history of the ill-fated dam and the person directly responsible for its flawed design—William Mulholland, a self-taught engineer of the Los Angeles municipal water system. Employing copious illustrations and intensive research, Heavy Ground traces the interwoven roles of politics and engineering in explaining how the St. Francis Dam came to be built and the reasons for its collapse. Hundley and Jackson also detail the terror and heartbreak brought by the flood, legal claims against the City of Los Angeles, efforts to restore the Santa Clara Valley, political factors influencing investigations of the failure, and the effect of the disaster on congressional approval of the future Hoover Dam. Underlying it all is a consideration of how the dam—and the disaster—were inextricably intertwined with the life and career of William Mulholland. Ultimately, this thoughtful and nuanced account of the dams failure reveals how individual and bureaucratic conceit fed Los Angeless desire to control vital water supplies in the booming metropolis of Southern California.
Дополнительное описание: General and world history|Environmental management|Hydraulic engineering|History of the Americas

Heavy Ground: William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster, Hundley Norris, Jackson Donald C.