Dam and Resevoir Projects 
.... Among the examples to be cited here, one cannot find a single
dam,
built for singular or multiple purposes, that was constructed as a weapon, to do harm or to ....
(3433
14
)
Hoover Dam
.... The
dam was
built between 1931 and 1936,and, as Stevens points out it was more than a
dam or a public works project; it was a symbol of American civilization ....
(1673
7
)
ETHICAL ISSUES OF DAMS Introduction With the p
.... Among the examples to be cited here, one cannot find a single
dam,
built for singular or multiple purposes, that was constructed as a weapon, to do harm or to ....
(3424
14
)
Public Policy and the Market System
.... This is a common practice in legislative bodies, where one legislator who wants a
dam built, for example, may switch votes with another legislator who wants a ....
(3694
15
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San Antonio Flood
.... The
dam was
built in 1915 and water has never poured over the top of the
dam before" (Record 1). Further, the Canyon
Dam that is upstream from New Braunfels ....
(1003
4
)
Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner
.... Eventually the Friant
Dam was
built on the San Joaquin River; in addition, the Sacramento River got the Kennett and Shasta dams. ....
(2800
11
)
Panama Canal
.... of all time faced Goethals, "The engineering problems involved digging through the Continental Divide; constructing the largest earth
dam ever
built up to that ....
(1618
6
)
Cadillac Desert (Marc Reisner)
.... country needed a major achievement. The
dam was
built during the Great Depression "and carried America's spirits with it" (121). ....
(2065
8
)
Marc Reisner's book Cadillac Desert
.... country needed a major achievement. The
dam was
built during the Great Depression "and carried America's spirits with it" (121). ....
(2076
8
)
City Planning in Amsterdam
.... the modern city was
built, Amsterdam really owes its origin to 12th century
dam-building farmers and fishermen who drained the swamps and
built canals and ....
(1409
6
)
The Great Flood of 1927
.... Then in 1963, the Corps
built a
dam to seal off the natural flow between the rivers (1). The end result of all the strategies has been much better flood ....
(774
3
)
The Mississippi River Flood of 1927
.... Then in 1963, the Corps
built a
dam to seal off the natural flow between the rivers (1). The end result of all the strategies has been much better flood ....
(770
3
)
City Plan for Amsterdam
.... the modern city was
built, Amsterdam really owes its origin to 12th century
dam-building farmers and fishermen who drained the swamps and
built canals and ....
(1694
7
)
Great Wall of China
.... protect various regions of the nation, "Although the original Great Wall was
built at the .... Much more than the Panama Canal, Hoover
Dam or other major man-made ....
(1725
7
)
Domes & Dams
.... estate mogul. I hardly need to remind you of the economic benefit that will go to this mogul when the
dam is
built. Making matters ....
(612
2
)
California Real Estate
.... For example, land which is located in a flood basin becomes more valuable if a
dam is
built upriver; the Aswan
dam in Egypt is one example of this type of ....
(2371
9
)
Two Essays
.... access to water. The first problem was that a
dam was
built in the river from which they drew their water. The nearest place from ....
(2279
9
)
Tidal Power As A Source Of Electricity Tidal Power as a Source of ...
.... Modern systems generally employ a barrage, or
dam. This structure can be
built out of concrete or steel caissons (Laughton, 1990, p. 27). ....
(1868
7
)
Tidal Power As A Source Of Electricity Tidal ene
.... Modern systems generally employ a barrage, or
dam. This structure can be
built out of concrete or steel caissons (Laughton, 1990, p. 27). ....
(1855
7
)
Issues in California
.... bitterness between north and south. The needed
dam was finally
built in 1941 (Rawls and Bean 297-299). Other water projects followed and ....
(1871
7
)
Water-Related Development
.... most important effect of that appears to have been the series of dams
built along the .... The most important of the dams were Hoover
Dam, at what is now Lake Mead ....
(3608
14
)
Marc Reisner's Cadillac Desert
.... most important effect of that appears to have been the series of dams
built along the .... The most important of the dams were Hoover
Dam, at what is now Lake Mead ....
(3608
14
)
Henry Ford
.... to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker's
dam is the .... The original price of a Model T Ford
built the traditional way, one car at a ....
(2771
11
)
Nubia Region
.... effectively destroyed Nubia with the building of the Aswan High
Dam, and water .... on a number of grounds--they did not like the government-
built, cement-block ....
(2499
10
)
Destruction Caused by the Gold Miners To sa
....
dam, the miners created much damage, causing the wilderness more hurt than the companies. Clearly dams destroyed timber and brush, the canyons they were
built ....
(3893
16
)
Water Problems in the Middle East
.... Israel. Jordan's East Ghor Canal has diverted water from the Yarmuk River, but the projected High
Dam is yet to be
built. Part of ....
(10436
42
)
Five Private US Firms
.... In the 1930s the Bechtel corporation managed the Hoover
Dam project and the .... In more recent decades Bechtel has
built many pipelines and numerous power projects ....
(1589
6
)
South America's Amazon River
.... In the early 1970s it
built the Trans-Amazon Highway, a system of roads that .... It continues to build roads,
dam and settlements with funding from the World Bank ....
(1984
8
)
Electricity
.... Humphrey Davy (1778 1829)
built upon Volta's data by studying the application of electric .... The flowing water is blocked, often with a
dam, and forced to flow ....
(3154
13
)
Gilded Age
.... The
Dam had created quite a bit of opposition between those in favor of building it .... to fall on the deaf ears of the profit-titans who
built industrial centers ....
(2950
12
)
