Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
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How Dams Serve Man's Vital Needs
Dams have always been valuable adjuncts to civilization. Like fire, water devastates mankind, or it can serve—through dams working against water ravages or for storage. Dams have been used for about 5,000 years, being found in the very cradles of civilization—India, Babylonia, Egypt, and the Roman Empire. In the United States, first they provided for sawmills and thus shelter and then for gristmills and sustenance. More modern needs, each briefly discussed, concern water supply, irrigation, power, navigation, and flood control. Looking ahead, it is certain that engineering for dams still has great potentialities-in technology, materials, and construction techniques. Engineers, through their dams, will continue to serve man's highest purposes.
How Dams Serve Man's Vital Needs
Dams have always been valuable adjuncts to civilization. Like fire, water devastates mankind, or it can serve—through dams working against water ravages or for storage. Dams have been used for about 5,000 years, being found in the very cradles of civilization—India, Babylonia, Egypt, and the Roman Empire. In the United States, first they provided for sawmills and thus shelter and then for gristmills and sustenance. More modern needs, each briefly discussed, concern water supply, irrigation, power, navigation, and flood control. Looking ahead, it is certain that engineering for dams still has great potentialities-in technology, materials, and construction techniques. Engineers, through their dams, will continue to serve man's highest purposes.
How Dams Serve Man's Vital Needs
Hathaway, Gail A. (Autor:in)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 118 ; 476-488
01.01.2021
131953-01-01 pages
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