The Austin dam disaster of 1900 / / Elizabeth H. Claire

• Autore: Claire Elizabeth H.
• Pubblicazione: Charleston, South Carolina : , : Arcadia Publishing, , [2018]; ©2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (95 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 976.43100222
• Soggetto topico: Dams - Texas - Austin
• Soggetto geografico: Austin (Tex.) History Pictorial works
• Soggetto genere / forma: Illustrated works.; History; Pictorial works.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Austin before the dam -- Construction of the dam -- Austin in the dam era -- "The Great Miscalculation" -- The day the dam burst -- The aftermath.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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..."--
• Titolo autorizzato: The Austin dam disaster of 1900
• ISBN: 1-4396-6389-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910714398503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Images of America.