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Excerpt from California Progress: Great Projects Which Overcome Handicaps of the Past and Prepare the Way for a Greater Future
At the present time, California is becoming America''s show window of engineering genius. Things are being done here which arouse the wonder and admiration of the world. Handi caps which nature put on certain parts of the state are being removed. Things which the people of other lands and other times have meekly endured, seeing no hope of bettering their condition, are being overcome.
Nowhere else in the world have bridges rivaling the great bridges over the Golden Gate and San Francisco Bay been built. Nowhere else has a dam rivaling Boulder Dam been constructed. Nowhere else has a water plan for an entire state been worked out to include all problems of water supply development, con trol, and use-providing for ?ood prevention in one area and drought relief in another. Such major projects as Boulder Dam, the All American Canal, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, the Hetch Hetchy Project for San Francisco, and the Central Valley Project are designed to solve all of California''s important ?ood and drought problems and provide for improve ment of navigation on our inland water ways. At the same time, the electric energy generated by Boulder Dam water and Ken nett Dam water will make it easier for the people of rural dis tricts as well as those in towns and cities to enjoy all the comforts and conveniences which electricity can give to the modern world.
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At the present time, California is becoming America''s show window of engineering genius. Things are being done here which arouse the wonder and admiration of the world. Handi caps which nature put on certain parts of the state are being removed. Things which the people of other lands and other times have meekly endured, seeing no hope of bettering their condition, are being overcome.
Nowhere else in the world have bridges rivaling the great bridges over the Golden Gate and San Francisco Bay been built. Nowhere else has a dam rivaling Boulder Dam been constructed. Nowhere else has a water plan for an entire state been worked out to include all problems of water supply development, con trol, and use-providing for ?ood prevention in one area and drought relief in another. Such major projects as Boulder Dam, the All American Canal, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, the Hetch Hetchy Project for San Francisco, and the Central Valley Project are designed to solve all of California''s important ?ood and drought problems and provide for improve ment of navigation on our inland water ways. At the same time, the electric energy generated by Boulder Dam water and Ken nett Dam water will make it easier for the people of rural dis tricts as well as those in towns and cities to enjoy all the comforts and conveniences which electricity can give to the modern world.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Herbert Edward Floercky
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780428635114
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.5 cm
Page Count - 98
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Contributors
Author
Herbert Edward Floercky
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781332108695
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm
Page Count - 100
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