Big Dams and Other Dreams: The Six Companies Story
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.39 (515 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0806128534 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Booklist The building of Hoover Dam and the Golden Gate Bridge has already been well chronicled in numerous books and documentaries as spectacular feats of engineering and costly human achievements. Other than Joseph Stevens' notable Hoover Dam: An American Adventure (1988), however, most accounts barely mention the considerable and complicated business transactions, financial deals, and corporate partnerships that were required to complete these and other New Deal public works marvels in the West. Engineer Wolf d
A freewheeling saga about western American industrial mightWho conceived of the Hoover, Bonneville, and Grand Coulee dams? Who laid the financial foundations for the Golden Gate and San Francisco Bay bridges? In Big Dams and Other Dreams, Donald E. Then, as World War II threatened, they undertook ever more spectacular projects.Using a wide range of sources and interviews, Wolf weaves personal, political, and industrial history into a compelling account that will appeal to historians and general readers alike.. Together, these executives played a major role in developing the modern American West and in building the structures we associate with it. Kaiser, Marriner Eccles, Harry Morrison, Charles Swigert, Philip Hart, Felix Kahn, and Charlie Shea, among others. Wolf recounts how
Wolf is former president and CEO of Wolf and Company, a small engineering firm in New York State.. Donald E
Lots of excellent industrial history While the title of the book precludes a history of the Hoover dam. I found it to contain much more. The book does give a very good acounting of the building of the Hoover Dam.It also covers the beginnigs of some of the largest corporations in the world.. Great read about a company I worked for Fred Lueck Always interested in reading a book about large projects that were done prior to larger equipment availability. The poroject and schedule are something to be proud of.. Five Stars great