Lower Brazos River Canals

Author : Lora-Marie Bernard
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467132244

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Lower Brazos River Canals by Lora-Marie Bernard Pdf

"Communities have spent more than 100 years mastering the mighty Brazos River and its waterways. In the 1800s, Stephen F. Austin chose the Brazos River as the site for the first Texas colony because of its vast water and fertile soil. Within 75 years, a pumping station would herald the way for crop management. A sugar mill that was eventually known as Imperial Sugar spurred community development. In 1903, John Miles Frost Jr. tapped the Brazos to expand the Cane and Rice Belt Irrigation System while Houston newspapers predicted the infrastructure marvel would change the region's future--and it did. Within a few decades, the Texas agricultural empire caused Louisiana to dub Texas farmers 'the sugar and rice aristocracy.' As the dawn of the industrial age began, the Brazos River and its waterways began supplying the Texas Gulf Coast industry"--Publisher description.

Author : Kenna Lang Archer
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826355881

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Unruly Waters by Kenna Lang Archer Pdf

Running more than 1,200 miles from headwaters in eastern New Mexico through the middle of Texas to the Gulf of Mexico, the Brazos River has frustrated developers for nearly two centuries. This environmental history of the Brazos traces the techniques that engineers and politicians have repeatedly used to try to manage its flow. The vast majority of projects proposed or constructed in this watershed were failures, undone by the geology of the river as much as the cost of improvement. When developers erected locks, the river changed course. When they built large-scale dams, floodwaters overflowed the concrete rims. When they constructed levees, the soils collapsed. Yet lawmakers and laypeople, boosters and engineers continued to work toward improving the river and harnessing it for various uses. Through the plight of the Brazos River Archer illuminates the broader commentary on the efforts to tame this nation’s rivers as well as its historical perspectives on development and technology. The struggle to overcome nature, Archer notes, reflects a quintessentially American faith in technology.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Public Works
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1190 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Public works
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119591670

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Public Works for Water and Power Development and Energy Research Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1978 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Public Works Pdf

Author : Jim Kimmel
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9781603444804

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Exploring the Brazos River by Jim Kimmel Pdf

"Come with us to learn about a great Texas river ... We will explore ... camp on its banks ... and look for places of excitement, beauty and learning - some of them surprising." From its ancient headwaters on the semiarid plains of eastern New Mexico to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico, the Brazos River carves a huge and paradoxical crescent through Texas geography and history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 782 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556031023153

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Brazos River Basin Natural Salt Pollution Control by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Texas
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU03302490

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Water Supply and the Texas Economy by United States. Bureau of Reclamation Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : United States
ISBN : IND:30000088103613

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Public Works for Water and Power Development and Energy Research Approprations for Fiscal Year ... by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations,United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Public Works
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1752 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Public works
ISBN : UCR:31210019137643

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Atlantic-Pacific Interoceanic Canal Study Commission, civil functions, Department of Army, Delaware River Basin Commission, Panama Canal by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations,United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Public Works Pdf

Author : Lora-Marie Bernard
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625855626

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The Counterfeit Prince of Old Texas: Swindling Slaver Monroe Edwards by Lora-Marie Bernard Pdf

After Monroe Edwards died in Sing Sing prison in 1847, penny dreadfuls memorialized him as the most celebrated American forger until the turn of the century. With a bizarre biography too complicated for easy history, his critical contributions to Texas settlement, revolution and annexation were inextricably mired in his activities as a slave smuggler and confidence man. Author Lora-Marie Bernard unravels the unbelievable story of one of the most notorious criminal adventurers ever to set foot on the soil of the Lone Star State.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Public Works
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1400 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Power resources
ISBN : MINN:31951D034402964

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Public Works for Water and Power Development and Energy Research Appropriation Bill, 1977 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Public Works Pdf

Author : United States. War Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 822 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112084968244

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Annual Reports of the War Department by United States. War Department Pdf

Author : United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1020 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Engineering
ISBN : CORNELL:31924064632304

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Report by United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers Pdf

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1018 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015067170038

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Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers Pdf

Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 .

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 934 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : Harbors
ISBN : UCAL:B3077185

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Report of the Chief of Engineers by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers Pdf

Author : United States. War Department. Corps of Engineers,United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 938 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : Engineering
ISBN : PRNC:32101050740271

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Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War for the Year ... by United States. War Department. Corps of Engineers,United States. Army. Corps of Engineers Pdf