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Damming Grand Canyon the 1923 USGS Colorado River expedition / by Boyer, Diane E.

Table of Contents: “…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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Damming Grand Canyon The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition / by Boyer, Diane E.

Table of Contents: “…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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Damming Grand Canyon : The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition / by Boyer, Diane E.

Table of Contents: “…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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Damming Grand Canyon : The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition / by Boyer, Diane E.

Table of Contents: “…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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Unquenchable America's water crisis and what to do about it / by Glennon, Robert Jerome, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…The enigma of the water closet -- 14. The diamond-water paradox -- 15. The steel deal -- 16. …”
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