Dams & Reservoirs
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Historic Tales of Flathead Lake
$24.99 Add to cartWhen asked about the greatest accomplishment of his 34-year congressional career, Mike Mansfield, one of America’s revered political figures, offered a simple reply– “Saving Flathead Lake.”
The large
- Series: American Chronicles
- Author: Larcombe, Butch
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1467154741
- Language: English
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St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project: An Oral History of the Greatest Construction Show on Earth
$34.95 Add to cartThe culmination of a century-long dream to link the Great Lakes interior industrial hubs to the Atlantic Ocean, the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project stands as one of the largest and most importan
- Author: Parham, Claire Puccia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: July 09 2009
- ISBN10: 0815609132
- Language: English
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The Columbia River
$23.99 Read moreThe Columbia River is the dominant river system of the Northwest United States. It is a river of many uses–hydropower, fisheries, and irrigation–and was known by many names–Columbia’s River, the Bi… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Harrison, John a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 29 2021
- ISBN10: 1467107689
- Language: English
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The St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project: An Oral History of the Greatest Construction Show on Earth
$24.95 Add to cartIn this book, Claire Puccia Parham reveals the human side of the project in the words of its engineers, laborers, and carpenters. Drawing on firsthand accounts, she provides a vivid portrait of the li… [more below]
- Author: Parham, Claire Puccia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: January 28 2016
- ISBN10: 0815610734
- Language: English
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Colossus: The Turbulent, Thrilling Saga of the Building of Hoover Dam
$21.00 Add to cartAs breathtaking today as when it was completed, Hoover Dam ranks among America’s most awe-inspiring, if dubious, achievements. This epic story of the dam–from conception to design to construction–by… [more below]
- Author: Hiltzik, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: May 03 2011
- ISBN10: 141653217X
- Language: English
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Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles
$19.99 Add to cartThe author of Last Train to Paradise tells the story of the largest public water project ever created–William Mulholland’s Los Angeles aqueduct–a story of Gilded Age ambition, hubris, greed, and one
- Author: Standiford, Les
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0062251457
- Language: English
