Article ID: CBB001181726

Dams and hydroelectric technology in the American west: A different model (1996)

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Reynolds, Terry S. (Author)


IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
Volume: 22, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 5-9


Publication Date: 1996
Edition Details: THEME ISSUE: WESTERN HYDROELECTRICITY
Language: English

This thematic issue focuses on hydraulic and hydroelectric technologies in the American West. It contains three articles: Gray Fitzsimons on the struggle for control of hydro-electric power in the state of Washington, Jeffrey Hess on the needle-valve program of the Bureau of Reclamation, and James Williams on the precedent-breaking Centerville hydroelectric plant in California. Each of the three essays reflects, in its own way, how western geographic and climactic conditions influenced the technological artifacts developed or adapted to manage, control, and use water.

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Article Jeffrey A. Hess (1996) Inventions and Patents for the Public Good: The Needle-Valve Program of the Bureau of Reclamation. IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology (pp. 35-49). unapi

Article Gray Fitzsimons (1996) Uncivil Engineers: The Struggle for Control of Seattle's Early Water and Electric Utilities, 1890-1910. IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology (pp. 11-34). unapi

Article Williams, James C. (1996) California's first high-head turbine installation. IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology (pp. 50-64). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Hansen, Peter A.
Roberta Wingerson
Goldfeder, Ron
Paul J. White
Priebe, Norman F.
Asay, Jeff S.
Journals
IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
Railroad History
History of Technology
Publishers
Union Pacific Historical Society
Signature Press
Great Northern Railway Historical Society
Washington State University
University Press of Kansas
University of Pittsburgh Press
Concepts
Water power
Dams
Railroads
Industrial archaeology
Land transportation
Water resource management
People
Harriman, E.H., 1848-1909
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
Places
United States
Western states (U.S.)
Pacific Northwest (North America)
Canada
Promontory Point, Utah
Columbia River
Institutions
Union Pacific Railway Company
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Great Northern Railway Company
Union Pacific Railroad
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