Dams
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Dams

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Dams

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Dams have been used to control water for thousands of years, with the oldest known dam being a small earthen structure in present-day Jordan dating to c.4000 BCE. Since then, cultures throughout the world have practised the art of dam-building and the technology has evolved in myriad ways. The papers selected here examine the key technical issues influencing dam construction from ancient times to the early 20th century. In addition they illustrate why various human societies have built dams and how 'social' (or seemingly 'non-technical') factors have influenced the process of dam design. Though hydraulic engineering is the primary focus of the book, it also reveals a keen interest in questions of water resources and environmental history.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2017
ISBN
9781351946513
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. General Editor’s Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 Sadd-el-Kafara, the world’s oldest large dam
  9. 2 The Roman dams of Subiaco
  10. 3 The chapter on weirs in the Codex of Juanelo Turriano: a question of authorship
  11. 4 Architecture for fish: the Sienese dam on the Bruna River—structures and designs, ca. 1468-1530
  12. 5 The evolution of the arch dam
  13. 6 The evolution of buttress dams
  14. 7 The evolution of British dams
  15. 8 The Jones Falls Dam on the Rideau Canal, Ontario, Canada
  16. 9 Nineteenth-century hydropower: design and construction of the Lawrence Dam, 1845-1848
  17. 10 The failure of the Bouzey Dam in 1895
  18. 11 George Deacon (1843-1909) and the Vyrnwy works
  19. 12 Engineering in the progressive era: a new look at Frederick Haynes Newell and the U.S. Reclamation Service
  20. 13 A narrow window of opportunity: the rise and fall of the fixed steel dam
  21. 14 Considering the multiple arch dam: theory, practice and the ethics of safety in a case of innovative hydraulic engineering
  22. 15 Historical development of British embankment dams to 1960
  23. 16 Machine-age iconography in the American west: the design of Hoover dam
  24. 17 Hoover Dam: a study in domination
  25. Index