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Biography, Dams, Description and travel, Environmental conditions, Geological Survey (U.S.), History, Political aspects of Water-supply, River surveys, Water resources development, Water-supply, Expeditions & Discoveries, United States - 20th Century/20s, United States - State & Local - Southwest, History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX), History - U.S., 20th century, Arizona, Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico), Grand Canyon Region, Political aspects, History: American, Water-supply, mexico, Grand canyon (ariz.), Arizona, description and travel, Colorado river and valley, description and travelTimes
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Damming Grand Canyon: the 1923 USGS Colorado River expedition
2007, Utah State University Press
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Damming Grand Canyon: The 1923 Colorado River Expedition of the U.S. Geological Survey
May 7, 2007, Utah State University Press
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Table of Contents
Water and the Colorado desert
Where should the dams be? politics, the Colorado River Compact, and the Geological Survey's role
Prelude to an expedition : Washington and Flagstaff
A cumbersome journey : Flagstaff to Lee's Ferry to the Little Colorado River
Surveys and portages : Furnace Flats through the Inner Gorge
Of flips and floods : Bass Canyon to Diamond Creek
Feeling their oats : Diamond Creek to Needles
Aftermath : politics and the strident hydraulic engineer
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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