In The Shadow Of The Dam
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The Shadow Of The Dam
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Author : David Armine Howarth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
The Shadow Of The Dam written by David Armine Howarth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Indigenous peoples categories.
Tragedy of a primitive people driven from their centuries-old home.
In The Shadow Of The Dam
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Author : Elizabeth M. Sharpe
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2007-08-10
In The Shadow Of The Dam written by Elizabeth M. Sharpe and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-10 with History categories.
Early one May morning in 1874, in the hills above Williamsburg, Massachusetts, a reservoir dam suddenly burst, sending an avalanche of water down a narrow river valley lined with factories and farms. In just thirty minutes, the Mill River flood left 139 people dead and 740 homeless -- and a nation wondering how this terrible calamity had happened. In this compelling tale of a man-made disaster peopled with everyday heroes and arrogant scoundrels, Elizabeth Sharpe opens a rare window into industry and village life in nineteenth-century New England, a time when dam failures and other industrial accidents were widespread and laws favored factory owners rather than factory workers. In the Mill Valley, the townsfolk depended upon generally benevolent patriarchs who assured them that the dam was safe, when most people could see that it was not. The story of the Mill River flood is the story of those townsfolk: of George Cheney, the dam keeper whose repeated warnings about leaks in the dam had been ignored by the mill owners; of his wife, Elizabeth, who watched in disbelief as the dam burst open from the bottom; of Isabell Hayden, the mother who saw her young son swept away in the river's torrent; and of Fred Howard, a box maker who spent the days after the flood searching for bodies, burying friends, and waiting to see if the button factory he relied upon for his livelihood would be rebuilt. It is also the story of the well-meaning but overconfident businessmen who built the dam: of Onslow Spelman, the manufacturer who dismissed the dam keeper's flood warning, irrationally insisting that the dam could not break; of Lucius Fenn and Joel Bassett, the engineer and contractor whose roles in the construction of the dam would be questioned during the public inquest into the causes of the flood; of William Skinner, the factory owner who struggled to decide whether or not to rebuild his silk factory in the village that bore his name; and of many others. The flood highlighted class divisions between worker and owner, as well as the disorganized state of professional engineering, then still in its infancy. As the flood exposed the dangers of allowing mill owners -- who were not trained engineers -- to design their own dam, legislation to regulate the building of reservoir dams in Massachusetts was enacted for the first time. Engineers, politicians, and business owners battled over control of the reform measures to prevent similar tragedies, yet saw them continually repeated. In the Shadow of the Dam is the story of an event that reshaped a society. Told through the eyes of villagers like Collins Graves, lauded as a hero for his desperate ride through the valley to warn people of the impending flood, and industrialists like Joel Hayden Jr., entrusted with the responsibility of disaster relief despite his culpability in failing to maintain the leaking dam, In the Shadow of the Dam is a history of our uneasy relationship with industrial progress and a riveting narrative of a tragic disaster in small-town Massachusetts.
Living In The Shadow Of The Large Dams
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Author : Dzodzi Tsikata
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2006-05-01
Living In The Shadow Of The Large Dams written by Dzodzi Tsikata and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-01 with Social Science categories.
This book on dam-affected communities of the Volta River Project breaks with the mould and tackles the question of long term environmental and socio-economic impacts and responses of two often neglected groups of communities- the downstream and lakeside communities.
The Shadow Of The Dam
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Author : David Howarth
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2022-10-27
The Shadow Of The Dam written by David Howarth and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-27 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Living In The Shadow Of The Large Dams
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Author : Dzodzi Tsikata
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Living In The Shadow Of The Large Dams written by Dzodzi Tsikata and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Ghana categories.
Shadows Of Death
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Author : Jeanne M. Dams
language : en
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
Release Date : 2013-12-20
Shadows Of Death written by Jeanne M. Dams and has been published by Severn House Publishers Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-20 with Fiction categories.
Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt, go on a trip to Orkney in Scotland to visit an old friend and see some intriguing Stone Age excavations. They realize there’s considerable dissension between the archaeologists and the principal donor for the newest dig, a wealthy and abrasive American. When a more recent corpse is found at the dig, various suspects are named, but there’s not enough evidence to bring a case against anyone. Dorothy, always sensitive to atmosphere and the undercurrent of tension pervading the project, has become fascinated by the strong aura of the ancient past that pervades Orkney, and she and Alan launch an unofficial investigation into the murder.
The Dam Keeper Book 1
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Author : Robert Kondo
language : en
Publisher: First Second Books
Release Date : 2017-09-26
The Dam Keeper Book 1 written by Robert Kondo and has been published by First Second Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-26 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Based on the Oscar]-nominated animated short film of the same name, "The Dam Keeper" is a lush, vibrantly drawn story by the cofounders of Tonko House about a young pig who is burdened with saving his village. Full color.
The Dam Keeper Book 3
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Author : Robert Kondo
language : en
Publisher: First Second
Release Date : 2019-07-02
The Dam Keeper Book 3 written by Robert Kondo and has been published by First Second this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-02 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Based on an Oscar-nominated animated short by former Pixar directors, Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi's The Dam Keeper: Return to the Shadows is the third and final volume in a breath-taking graphic novel series about a pig's epic journey. Sunrise Valley is without a dam keeper, and time is running out. In less than twenty-four hours, the poisonous tidal wave of black fog will descend on Pig’s home. While Fox, Hippo, and Van hurry east to warn the townspeople, Pig ventures on his own path. Pig is following a trail of clues that are inexplicably linked to his father, and now that trail is leading upward. What he finds on a floating island above the clouds will shake him to his core, but it just might be the answer he needs to save his home.
National Program Of Inspection Of Dams
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Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
National Program Of Inspection Of Dams written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Dams categories.
In The Shadow Of Kinzua
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Author : Laurence M. Hauptman
language : en
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 2014-01-22
In The Shadow Of Kinzua written by Laurence M. Hauptman and has been published by Syracuse University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-22 with History categories.
The Kinzua Dam has cast a long shadow on Seneca life since World War II. The project, formally dedicated in 1966, broke the Treaty of Canandaigua of 1794, flooded approximately 10,000 acres of Seneca lands in New York and Pennsylvania, and forced the relocation of hundreds of tribal members. Hauptman offers both a policy study, detailing how and why Washington, Harrisburg, and Albany came up with the idea to build the dam, and a community study of the Seneca Nation in the postwar era. Although the dam was presented to the Senecas as a flood control project, Hauptman persuasively argues that the primary reasons were the push for private hydroelectric development in Pennsylvania and state transportation and park development in New York. This important investigation, based on forty years of archival research as well as on numerous interviews with Senecas, shows that these historically resilient Native peoples adapted in the face of this disaster. Unlike previous studies, In the Shadow of Kinzua highlights the federated nature of Seneca Nation government, one held together in spite of great diversity of opinions and intense politics. In the Kinzua crisis and its aftermath, several Senecas stood out for their heroism and devotion to rebuilding their nation for tribal survival. They left legacies in many areas, including two community centers, a modern health delivery system, two libraries, and a museum. Money allocated in a "compensation bill" passed by Congress in 1964 produced a generation of college-educated Senecas, some of whom now work in tribal government, making major contributions to the Nation’s present and future. Facing impossible odds and hidden forces, they motivated a cadre of volunteers to help rebuild devastated lands. Although their strategies did not stop the dam’s construction, they laid the groundwork for a tribal governing structure and for managing other issues that followed from the 1980s to the present, including land claims litigation and casinos.