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