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1) Water parks
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Looks at how engineers design water parks for maximum visitor enjoyment and describes the science involved.
2) Dams
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From beaver dams to the Hoover Dam, this book explores how they are built, how they are used, and the engineer's job to build and care for them.
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House document volume 81st, 2nd session, 1950-1951, no. 473
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[U.S. Government Printing Office]
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1950
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English
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Whether it's a beaver dam or the Hoover Dam, all dams rely on science to function properly. People first began damming rivers to stop flooding and provide water for irrigation. These early dams were made with simple techniques and technology. Today, dams are constructed to prevent flooding and to provide water for irrigation, hydroelectric power, and freshwater for large populations. Modern advances in dam technology would have never happened if it...
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Rivers have tumbled down mountains and floated lazily through flat plains in the US since long before Europeans first came to this continent. They were the only highways Native Americans used or needed. Even America's first settlers found it much easier to travel on the waterways than to build roads through the forests. Today our inland waterways carry millions of tons of cargo each year. But our waterways have not received the attention needed to...
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Its Ten rivers in America's future volume no. 1
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[U.S. Govt. Print. Off.]
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[1951]
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English
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