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<br />~ <br />c: <br />00 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Contents <br /> <br />The River <br /> <br />9 The Exploring Spaniards Come <br />lOA Dangerous Obstacle <br />10 Flood" ,and Drought <br />13 A Bold Decision <br />14 Selecting a Site <br />14 Rights to Water <br />16 The Boulder Canyon Project Act <br /> <br />The Dam <br /> <br />19 The Fundamental Problem <br />19 Preliminary Construction Steps <br />20 Plan of Attack <br />21 The River is Turned <br />21 Building the Penstocks <br />22 The River Hamessed <br />24 Boulder City, Nevada <br /> <br />The Benefits <br /> <br />29 A Significant Prophecy Realized <br />29 Controlling the Floods <br />30 The Flood of 1983 <br />30 No More Drought <br />32 A Vital Metropolitan Water Supply <br />33 The Sediment Menace Reduced <br />34 Navigation on the Colorado <br />34 A Nation's Playground <br />36 Wildlife Benefits <br />36 Hydroelectric Power-Strength of the West <br />40 The Benefits Multiplied <br /> <br />Facls and Figures <br /> <br />43 The Dam <br />44 Lake Mead <br />45 Tunnels, Towers, Penstocks, and Spillways <br />47 The Power Development <br />48 Colorado River Water Allocation <br />49 Boulder City, Nevada <br />50 All-American Canal System <br />51 Imperial Valley <br />5 I Coachella Valley <br />51 Yuma Project <br />52 Davis Dam <br />53 Parker Dam <br />53 Colorado River Aqueduct <br />53 Hoover Dam Sculptures <br /> <br />3 <br />