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Excellent work detailing the history of Grand Coulee Dam!,
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This review is from: Grand Coulee: Harnessing a Dream (Paperback)
This 500 page book by historian Paul Pitzer provides an in depth look at the Grand Coulee Dam in north-central Washington state and the politics and decsions which made the dam what it is today. The book is very thoroughly researched with an extensive bibliography and over 100 pages of endnotes. Anyone who is interested in Grand Coulee Dam or the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project needs to read this book!The back cover reads: "The Eighth Wonder of the World" "The Largest Reclamation Project Ever Undertaken" Those were among the accolades frequently lavished on Grand Coulee Dam and the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project. They hightlight a monumental construction effort that spanned the 1930s through the 1980s. Now, for the first time, the story of this gigantic undertaking is told in this definitive, spirited history. When completed, the huge monolith at Grand Coulee on the Columbia River in north-central Washington became the biggest single block of concrete ever laid. One of the largest energy-producing stations in the world, it also supports one of the world's largest irrigation projects. In the capable hands of Paul Pitzer, the fight for Grand Coulee Dam and the Columbia Basin Project is a vital, animated saga of people strving for dazzling goals and then working to build something spectacular.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent work detailing the history of Grand Coulee Dam,
By A Customer
This review is from: Grand Coulee: Harnessing a Dream (Hardcover)
This 500 page book provides an in depth look at the Grand
Coulee Dam in north-central Washington state and the politics and
decsions which made the dam what it is today. The book is
very thoroughly researched with an extensive bibliography
and over 100 pages of endnotes. Anyone who is interested
in Grand Coulee Dam or the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project
needs to read this book!
The back cover reads: "The Eighth Wonder of the World" "The Largest Reclamation Project Ever Undertaken" Those were among the accolades frequently lavished on Grand Coulee Dam and the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project. They hightlight a monumental construction effort that spanned the 1930s through the 1980s. Now, for the first time, the story of this gigantic undertaking is told in this definitive, spirited history. When completed, the huge monolith at Grand Coulee on the Columbia River in north-central Washington became the biggest single block of concrete ever laid. One of the largest energy-producing stations in the world, it also supports one of the world's largest irrigation projects. In the capable hands of Paul Pitzer, the fight for Grand Coulee Dam and the Columbia Basin Project is a vital, animated saga of people strving for dazzling goals and then working to build something spectacular.
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