THE STORY OF THE HOOVER DAM

Compressed Air Magazine; (Nevada Publications, Editor)

ISBN 10: 0913814792 / ISBN 13: 9780913814796

Published by Nevada Publications, Las Vegas, NV, 1986

About this Item

Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover.VG w/light edge rubs & sticker emblem of Hoover Dam of 1994. During Hoover Dam's contruction years of 1931 - 1935, Compressed Air Magazine issued 5 progress reports; this is an anthology of those booklets less "the advertising and material about the Colorado River Aquedusct". Contents, illustrated w/photos and diagrams, recount the early history of the Colorado River, choosing of the dam site, founding of Boulder City, construction of diversion tunnels to carry water through Black Canyon walls, and the complex network of railways, gravel and concrete-mixing plants, and of course, the engineers, surveyors and the army of laborers. An amazing engineering feat.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE STORY OF THE HOOVER DAM
• Publisher: Nevada Publications, Las Vegas, NV
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0913814792
• ISBN 13: 9780913814796
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: Reprint
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • Engineering
  • Anthology
  • History

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Synopsis

1986, oversized paperback edition, Nevada Publications, Las Vegas, NV, 144 pages. Details the construction of the Hoover Dam.