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Author | : Jeff Alexander |
Publisher | : MSU Press |
Total Pages | : 662 |
Release | : 2011-05-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1609171977 |
Download Pandora's Locks Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The St. Lawrence Seaway was considered one of the world's greatest engineering achievements when it opened in 1959. The $1 billion project-a series of locks, canals, and dams that tamed the ferocious St. Lawrence River-opened the Great Lakes to the global shipping industry. Linking ports on lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario to shipping hubs on the world's seven seas increased global trade in the Great Lakes region. But it came at an extraordinarily high price. Foreign species that immigrated into the lakes in ocean freighters' ballast water tanks unleashed a biological shift that reconfigured the world's largest freshwater ecosystems. Pandora's Locks is the story of politicians and engineers who, driven by hubris and handicapped by ignorance, demanded that the Seaway be built at any cost. It is the tragic tale of government agencies that could have prevented ocean freighters from laying waste to the Great Lakes ecosystems, but failed to act until it was too late. Blending science with compelling personal accounts, this book is the first comprehensive account of how inviting transoceanic freighters into North America's freshwater seas transformed these wondrous lakes.
Author | : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Rock Island District |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Mississippi River |
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Download Upper Mississippi River Navigation Charts Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Rock Island District |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Dams |
ISBN | : |
Download The Rock Island District Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Helen Stagg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2015-06-01 |
Genre | : Locks (Hydraulic engineering) |
ISBN | : 9780646937670 |
Download Harnessing the River Murray Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book celebrates the lives of those who were involved in the works which flowed from the River Murray Waters Act of 1915. The focus is on the first nine locks and weirs which were built by South Australia over a period of twenty years. Combining oral history and archival research, Helen Stagg shares stories of the construction communities whose itinerant lifestyle led to them being referred to as 'the great wandering class'. However, the communities are shown to have been relatively settled with their own school and with an active social and sporting calendar. Dances, silent movies, horse races, carnivals and occasional visiting entertainers provided a balance for the difficult living and working conditions. Health care was precarious and hardship affected many; work-time was reduced, accidents were common and tragedy took a toll but the people faced these issues together. The second part of the book consists of the memories of seven people who were children of lock builders. In addition, there are details of over 500 accidents, petitions signed by the lock families for services and a chronology of events. Today, irrigation and a reliable water supply sustain towns and cities along the Murray River and scores of riverboats enjoy ready transit through the locks. This book provides an insight into the life and times of the resilient people who harnessed the River Murray between 1915 and 1935.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2001-03-30 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0309183170 |
Download Inland Navigation System Planning Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In 1988, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began an investigation of the benefits and costs of extending several locks on the lower portion of the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway (UMR-IWW) in order to relieve increasing waterway congestion, particularly for grain moving to New Orleans for export. With passage of the Flood Control Act of 1936, Congress required that the Corps conduct a benefit-cost analysis as part of its water resources project planning; Congress will fund water resources projects only if a project's benefits exceed its costs. As economic analysis generally, and benefit-cost analysis in particular, has become more sophisticated, and as environmental and social considerations and analysis have become more important, Corps planning studies have grown in size and complexity. The difficulty in commensurating market and nonmarket costs and benefits also presents the Corps with a significant challenge. The Corps' analysis of the UMR-IWW has extended over a decade, has cost roughly $50 million, and has involved consultations with other federal agencies, state conservation agencies, and local citizens. The analysis has included many consultants and has produced dozens of reports. In February 2000, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) requested that the National Academies review the Corps' final feasibility report. After discussions and negotiations with DOD, in April 2000 the National Academies launched this review and appointed an expert committee to carry it out.
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Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Boats and boating |
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Author | : BJ Cummings |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2020-07-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0295747447 |
Download The River That Made Seattle Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
With bountiful salmon and fertile plains, the Duwamish River has drawn people to its shores over the centuries for trading, transport, and sustenance. Chief Se’alth and his allies fished and lived in villages here and white settlers established their first settlements nearby. Industrialists later straightened the river’s natural turns and built factories on its banks, floating in raw materials and shipping out airplane parts, cement, and steel. Unfortunately, the very utility of the river has been its undoing, as decades of dumping led to the river being declared a Superfund cleanup site. Using previously unpublished accounts by Indigenous people and settlers, BJ Cummings’s compelling narrative restores the Duwamish River to its central place in Seattle and Pacific Northwest history. Writing from the perspective of environmental justice—and herself a key figure in river restoration efforts—Cummings vividly portrays the people and conflicts that shaped the region’s culture and natural environment. She conducted research with members of the Duwamish Tribe, with whom she has long worked as an advocate. Cummings shares the river’s story as a call for action in aligning decisions about the river and its future with values of collaboration, respect, and justice.
Author | : Eddy Harris |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1998-09-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780805059038 |
Download Mississippi Solo Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The true story of a young black man's quest: to canoe the length of the Mississippi River from Minnesota to New Orleans.
Author | : Maria Giannuzzi |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738549668 |
Download Windsor Locks Canal Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In 1824, a group of prominent Hartford businessmen formed the Connecticut River Company to construct a canal that would bypass the treacherous rapids of Enfield Falls and extend navigation along the Connecticut River. Soon boats were a frequent sight in the village of Windsor Locks, named after the locks of the canal that ran alongside Main Street. Mills also sprang up in the area, utilizing the canals water to power their manufacturing operations. Today the canal has taken on a more historical, ecological, and recreational significance. Home to diverse plant and animal species, it is an excellent place to enjoy sweeping views of the Connecticut River and to see the factories that played a big part in the regions history.
Author | : Leland Payton |
Publisher | : Lens & Pens Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2012-11-01 |
Genre | : Bagnell Dam (Mo.) |
ISBN | : 9780967392585 |
Download Damming the Osage Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
If changed by development, the authors found the present Osage valley landscape expressive. Illustrated with hundreds of color photographs, period maps, and vintage images, this book tells the dramatic saga of human ambition pitted against natural limitations and forces beyond man's control.