Heavy ground William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam disaster

Mulholland : a man and an aqueduct -- The dam : site selection and design -- The dam : construction, operation, failure -- Disaster unleashed -- Responsibility and reparations -- The politics of safety : inquest and investigations -- After the flood : dam building -- After the flood : Mulholland --...

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Hauptverfasser: Hundley, Norris Jr. 1935-2013 (VerfasserIn), Jackson, Donald C. 1953- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oakland, California University of California Press [2015]
San Marino, California Huntington Library [2015]
Schriftenreihe:Western histories 8
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  • Mulholland : a man and an aqueductThe dam : site selection and design
  • The dam : construction, operation, failure
  • Disaster unleashed
  • Responsibility and reparations
  • The politics of safety : inquest and investigations
  • After the flood : dam building
  • After the flood : Mulholland
  • Was failure inevitable?