LEADER 02201nam  2200505   450 
001 9910714398503321
005 20200618064218.0
010   $a1-4396-6389-0
035   $a(CKB)3840000000340327
035   $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6132627
035   $a(OCoLC)954171716$z(OCoLC)958279157
035   $a(EXLCZ)993840000000340327
100   $a20200618d2018      uy             0
101 0 $aeng
135   $aurcnu||||||||
181   $ctxt$2rdacontent
182   $cc$2rdamedia
183   $acr$2rdacarrier
200 14$aThe Austin dam disaster of 1900 /$fElizabeth H. Claire
210  1$aCharleston, South Carolina :$cArcadia Publishing,$d[2018]
210  4$dİ2018
215   $a1 online resource (95 pages) $cillustrations, maps
225 1 $aImages of America
311   $a1-4671-2745-0 
320   $aIncludes index.
327   $aAustin before the dam -- Construction of the dam -- Austin in the dam era -- "The Great Miscalculation" -- The day the dam burst -- The aftermath.
330   $a"The Austin Dam Disaster of 1900 recreates the era of Gay Nineties Austin, then--as now--a city on the rise and on the make. In 1891, at the behest of ambitious city fathers, the little city of just 15,000 people gambled its future on a project of breathtaking size--a massive hidroelectric dam across the Colorado River. This book follows the epic construction project and the brief golden era of the pleasure resort at Lake McDonald. Though troubled and controversial from the get-go, the dam embodied all of Austin's dreams. Then, on Friday, April 6, 1900, it began to rain..."--$cBack cover.
410  0$aImages of America.
606   $aDams$zTexas$zAustin
607   $aAustin (Tex.)$xHistory$vPictorial works
608   $aIllustrated works.$2fast
608   $aHistory.$2fast
608   $aPictorial works.$2fast
608   $aIllustrated works.$2lcgft
615  0$aDams
676   $a976.43100222
700   $aClaire$b Elizabeth H.$01353883
712 02$aGeological Survey (U.S.),
801  0$bMiAaPQ
801  1$bMiAaPQ
801  2$bMiAaPQ
906   $aBOOK
912   $a9910714398503321
996   $aThe Austin dam disaster of 1900$93282749
997   $aUNINA