A paperback copy in very good condition. A great dam builder, Crowe finished Hoover Dam a year ahead of schedule at a $10.4 million dollar profit on a $54 million dollar contract. He also built Parker and Shasta and other lesser dams. This detailed chronicle of Crowe's career a worthy subject is obviously a labor of love; but the writing i.

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Title

America's Master Dam Builder: The Engineering Genius of Frank T. Crowe

Publisher

University Press of America

Publication Date

2001

Language

English

ISBN 10

0761821449

ISBN 13

9780761821441

Binding

Trade Paperback

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A great dam builder, Crowe finished Hoover Dam a year ahead of schedule at a $10.4 million dollar profit on a $54 million dollar contract. He also built Parker and Shasta and other lesser dams. This detailed chronicle of Crowe's career a worthy subject is obviously a labor of love; but the writing i

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\Al M. Rocca is Professor of Education and History, Simpson College, Redding, California.

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