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Historic American Engineering Record, Owyhee Dam. Volume 1. Photographs
Volume I contains photographs of Owyhee Dam historic record. Owyhee Dam has engineering significance as the proving ground for construction techniques developed for use at Hoover Dam. Upon its completion, Owyhee Dam began storing water for use by farmers on the Owyhee Project, one of the most important in the development of irrigated agriculture in Oregon. It is now a storage dam for irrigation and generation of hydroelectricity. The second volume provides historical and descriptive data.
Historic American Engineering Record, Owyhee Dam. Volume 1. Photographs
Volume I contains photographs of Owyhee Dam historic record. Owyhee Dam has engineering significance as the proving ground for construction techniques developed for use at Hoover Dam. Upon its completion, Owyhee Dam began storing water for use by farmers on the Owyhee Project, one of the most important in the development of irrigated agriculture in Oregon. It is now a storage dam for irrigation and generation of hydroelectricity. The second volume provides historical and descriptive data.
Historic American Engineering Record, Owyhee Dam. Volume 1. Photographs
1992
147 pages
Report
No indication
English
Civil Engineering , Agricultural Equipment, Facilities, & Operations , Electric Power Production , Education, Law, & Humanities , Water supply , History , Water storage , Photographs , Engineering structures , Irrigation systems , Construction , Impoundments , Lake Owyhee , Hydroelectric power , Reservoirs , Oregon , Concrete , Dam design , Agricultural engineering , Owyhee Dam , Malheur County(Oregon) , Owyhee Project
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