How do dams work?

Book 2017

Provides information on dams, including their history, how modern dams are constructed, and how dangerous it can be when they fail.

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Dams Design and construction Juvenile literature

Dams Environmental aspects Juvenile literature

Hydraulic engineering Juvenile literature

Part of a Series:

STEM waterworks

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ISBN:

9781499420012
1499420013

Edition:

First edition

Description:

32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes index

Contents:

Dam animals
Why dams?
Early history
How it works
Dams today
The modern build
Making power
Reclamation
Hoover Dam
Mulholland dive
The lost lake
When dams fail
Changing the landscape

LCCN:

2016013444

Control Number:

2099170

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