Author: Adolph Sutro
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Category : Sutro Tunnel (Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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The Bank of California Against the Sutro Tunnel
Author: Adolph Sutro
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Category : Sutro Tunnel (Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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Publisher:
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Category : Sutro Tunnel (Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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The Sutro Tunnel to the Comstock Lode in the State of Nevada
Author: Adolph Sutro
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Category : Comstock Lode (Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Category : Comstock Lode (Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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History of the Sutro Tunnel to Its Completion
Author: David W. Davies
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Category : Sutro Tunnel (Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Category : Sutro Tunnel (Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Adolph Sutro
Author: William R. Huber
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476638403
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Adolph Sutro was forever seeking challenges. Emigrating from Prussia to the U.S. at age 20, the California gold rush lured him west. At the Comstock Lode in Nevada, he conceived an idea for a tunnel to drain the hot water that made the mines perilous and inefficient. But he would have to overcome both physical obstacles and powerful opposition by the Bank of California to realize his vision. Back in San Francisco, Sutro bought one twelfth of the city, including the famous Cliff House perched over the Pacific Ocean. When it burned to cinders on Christmas Day, 1894, he built a massive, eight-story Victorian replacement. He used his expertise in tunneling and water solutions to create the world's largest enclosed swimming structure, the Sutro Baths--six glass-covered heated saltwater pools with capacity of 1,000 swimmers. Other challenges followed but Sutro was not invincible. After a two-year term as mayor of San Francisco, he succumbed to debilitating strokes which left him senile. His death in 1898 started disputes among his heirs--six children by his wife and two by his mistress--that lasted more than a decade.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476638403
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Adolph Sutro was forever seeking challenges. Emigrating from Prussia to the U.S. at age 20, the California gold rush lured him west. At the Comstock Lode in Nevada, he conceived an idea for a tunnel to drain the hot water that made the mines perilous and inefficient. But he would have to overcome both physical obstacles and powerful opposition by the Bank of California to realize his vision. Back in San Francisco, Sutro bought one twelfth of the city, including the famous Cliff House perched over the Pacific Ocean. When it burned to cinders on Christmas Day, 1894, he built a massive, eight-story Victorian replacement. He used his expertise in tunneling and water solutions to create the world's largest enclosed swimming structure, the Sutro Baths--six glass-covered heated saltwater pools with capacity of 1,000 swimmers. Other challenges followed but Sutro was not invincible. After a two-year term as mayor of San Francisco, he succumbed to debilitating strokes which left him senile. His death in 1898 started disputes among his heirs--six children by his wife and two by his mistress--that lasted more than a decade.
Bulletin
Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 958
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 958
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Bulletin
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 960
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 960
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SP026: Traveling America's loneliest road: A geologic and natural history tour through Nevada along U.S. Highway 50, with GPS coordinates
Author: Kris Ann Pizarro
Publisher: NV Bureau of Mines & Geology
ISBN: 1888035145
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 137
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Publisher: NV Bureau of Mines & Geology
ISBN: 1888035145
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 137
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SP019: Geologic and Natural History Tours in the Reno Area
Author: Joseph V. Tingley
Publisher: NV Bureau of Mines & Geology
ISBN: 1888035099
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Publisher: NV Bureau of Mines & Geology
ISBN: 1888035099
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Bulletin of Nevada State Bureau of Mines and Mackay School of Mines
Author:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 882
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 882
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Bi-monthly Bulletin of the American Institute of Mining Engineers
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 774
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Publisher:
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 774
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