Heavy ground: William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam disaster

Mulholland : a man and an aqueduct -- The dam : site selection and design -- The dam : construction, operation, failure -- Disaster unleashed -- Responsibility and reparations -- The politics of safety : inquest and investigations -- After the flood : dam building -- After the flood : Mulholland --...

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Main Authors: Hundley, Norris Jr. 1935-2013 (Author), Jackson, Donald C. 1953- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California University of California Press [2015]
San Marino, California Huntington Library [2015]
Series:Western histories 8
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:Mulholland : a man and an aqueduct -- The dam : site selection and design -- The dam : construction, operation, failure -- Disaster unleashed -- Responsibility and reparations -- The politics of safety : inquest and investigations -- After the flood : dam building -- After the flood : Mulholland -- Was failure inevitable?
Item Description:Literaturangaben, Index
Physical Description:439 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9780520287662

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