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Big Dams of the New Deal Era
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The massive dams of the American West were designed to serve multiple purposes: improving navigation, irrigating crops, storing water, controlling floods, and g
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Authors: Michael Hiltzik
Categories: History
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As breathtaking today as the day it was completed, Hoover Dam not only shaped the American West but helped launch the American century. In the depths of the Gre
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Yellow Steel
Language: en
Pages: 492
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In Yellow Steel, the first overarching history of the earthmoving equipment industry, William Haycraft examines the tremendous increase in the scope of mining a