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<br />.\ <br /> <br />contents <br /> <br />-----------------------~------- <br /> <br />UNITED STATES DEPARTl\lENT OF THE INTERIOR <br /> <br />Oscar L. Chapman, Sccrf'tary <br />Hl'BE-\I' OF HECLAMi\TIOl'O. \1ich,...I" SIr;,,'.. (""",,,,i_...;""'''' <br /> <br />I)~IT";I) ~T,\Ti';S I;OYF.R:\Y1":l"T 1'1l1;>;TI~(; OFt"ICE . W.4.,,;IIISGTO"il. 1".~O <br /> <br />n '750 <br /> <br />pase <br />J Foreword <br />VI Chronology <br /> <br />the river. <br /> <br />I The Exploring Spaniards <;ome <br />2 A Dangerous Obstacle <br />4 Flood . . . and Dro,!ght <br />5 The Bold Decision <br />7 The Black Canyon Site <br />9 Dividing the Waters <br />10 The Boulder Canyon Project Act <br /> <br />the dam <br /> <br />13 The Fundamental Problem <br />16 Steps Preliminary to Construction <br />18 Plan of Attack <br />20 The Engineers Turn the River <br />21 A Plate Steel Fabricating Plant Erected at the <br />Dam Site ' <br />23 The River Harnessed at Last <br />25 Boulder City, Nevada <br /> <br />tile be..efits <br /> <br />31 A Significant Prophecy Now Being Realized <br />33 Lake Mead Swallows the Floods <br />35 No More Drought <br />37 A Vital Metropolitan Water Supply <br />41 The Silt Meuace Subdued <br />44 Navigation on the Colorado <br />44 A Nation's New Playground <br />47 Haven for Wildlife <br />47 Power and the Strength of the West <br />48 The Endless Tune of Untold Wealth <br />49 Increasing Power Generation <br />51 The Ramified Benefits <br />53 The Benefits Multiplied <br /> <br /> <br />..dde..da <br /> <br />57 Facts and Figures <br />69 Bibliography <br />