02201nam 2200505 450 991071439850332120200618064218.01-4396-6389-0(CKB)3840000000340327(MiAaPQ)EBC6132627(OCoLC)954171716(OCoLC)958279157(EXLCZ)99384000000034032720200618d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Austin dam disaster of 1900 /Elizabeth H. ClaireCharleston, South Carolina :Arcadia Publishing,[2018]©20181 online resource (95 pages) illustrations, mapsImages of America1-4671-2745-0 Includes index.Austin before the dam -- Construction of the dam -- Austin in the dam era -- "The Great Miscalculation" -- The day the dam burst -- The aftermath."The Austin Dam Disaster of 1900 recreates the era of Gay Nineties Austin, then--as now--a city on the rise and on the make. In 1891, at the behest of ambitious city fathers, the little city of just 15,000 people gambled its future on a project of breathtaking size--a massive hidroelectric dam across the Colorado River. This book follows the epic construction project and the brief golden era of the pleasure resort at Lake McDonald. Though troubled and controversial from the get-go, the dam embodied all of Austin's dreams. Then, on Friday, April 6, 1900, it began to rain..."--Back cover.Images of America.DamsTexasAustinAustin (Tex.)HistoryPictorial worksIllustrated works.fastHistory.fastPictorial works.fastIllustrated works.lcgftDams976.43100222Claire Elizabeth H.1353883Geological Survey (U.S.),MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910714398503321The Austin dam disaster of 19003282749UNINA