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ASCE 9780784410325 2009

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Great Rivers History

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ASCE 2009 144
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This collection contains 18 papers focusing on the great rivers of the world, especially the engineering challenges of balancing the urgency for development and growth with the environmental need for a sustainable future.

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1 Cover
8 Contents
10 Hydraulic Engineering Legends Listed on the Eiffel Tower
17 How to Wrestle a Mighty River: The Missouri River Channel Project
26 Constructing a Big Dam after the 1951 Missouri River Flood: Tuttle Creek Reservoir, Kansas
31 Civil Engineering History of Hydraulic Channels and Pipes
37 The Riddle of the River: How David Thompson Explored and Mapped the Middle and Upper Columbia River
50 Gateway to Greatness—A Profile of James B. Eads
61 Major U.S. Dam Failures: Their Cause, Resultant Losses, and Impact on Dam Safety Programs and Engineering Practice
70 Verification of Darcy’s Law
76 Texas Section ASCE Leaders—A Time of Reflection for Section Anniversary Planning
92 Hydrologic Design of Bridges and Culverts: A Historical Review
100 The Waste Water Network: An Underground View of Paris
106 Burns and McDonnell History—Need for Clean Water Launched Burns and McDonnell
115 HDR History
118 Black and Veatch History: Building a World of Difference since 1915
125 Five-Year History of Water Resources Specialty Certification and Value Slogans
130 History of the Texas Section—-ASCE
133 The Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering, and Technology and ASCE Publications
135 Loch Katrine Water Supply to Glasgow, Scotland, 1855–1903
142 Author Index
144 Subject Index
ASCE 9780784410325 2009
$37.38