Hoover Dam 75th Anniversary History Symposium : proceedings of the Hoover Dam 75th Anniversary History Symposium, October 21-22, 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada

Author(s)

• Hoover Dam 75th Anniversary History Symposium
• Wiltshire, Richard L.
• Gilbert, David R.
• Rogers, Jerry R.
• American Society of Civil Engineers. Committee on History and Heritage of American Civil Engineering

Bibliographic Information

Hoover Dam 75th Anniversary History Symposium : proceedings of the Hoover Dam 75th Anniversary History Symposium, October 21-22, 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada

edited by Richard L. Wiltshire, David R. Gilbert, Jerry R. Rogers

American Society of Civil Engineers, c2011

Other Title

Hoover Dam Seventy-five Anniversary History Symposium

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Proceedings of the Hoover Dam 75th Anniversary History Symposium, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 21-22, 2010. Sponsored by the History and Heritage Committe of ASCE. This collection contains 20 papers that commemorate the dedication of the Hoover Dam, which many regard as the world's greatest dam design and construction project of the 20th century. These papers cover wide-ranging topics and provide readers with an understanding of the dam's outstanding engineers and magnificent engineering and architecture. The Hoover Dam is still the highest concrete dam in the Western Hemisphere. Between 1939 and 1949, it was the world's largest hydropower installation. Even today, it produces more than four billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each year, making it one of the largest hydropower installations in the United States. Topics include: politics, economics, technology, and history concrete technology engineering, hydraulics, and structural civil engineers, architecture, and construction

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB04034774
• ISBN:
  • 9780784411414
• LCCN: 2010035841
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Reston, Va.
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 413 cm
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : TC557.5.H6
  • DC22 : 627/.820979313
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Congresses