Author: Hugh A. Shamberger
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Story of the Water Supply for the Comstock
Author: Hugh A. Shamberger
Publisher:
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Story of the Water Supply for the Comstock
Author: Hugh A. Shamberger
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 53
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 53
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The Story of the Water Supply for the Comstock
Author: Arthur H. Frazier
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 23
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
The Story of the Water Supply for the Comstock
Author: Hugh A. Shamberger
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 53
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 840
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ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 840
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Geological Survey Professional Paper
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Adolph Sutro
Author: William R. Huber
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476680396
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: 1476680396
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.
The Story of Water Supply
Author: American Water Works Association
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Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Summary Appraisals of the Nation's Ground-water Resources--Great Basin Region
Author: Thomas Emery Eakin
Publisher:
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Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
A regional appraisal and discussion of planning the future ground-water development in a region characterized by a semiarid climate and closed-basin drainage.
Publisher:
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Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
A regional appraisal and discussion of planning the future ground-water development in a region characterized by a semiarid climate and closed-basin drainage.