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Grand Coulee

 

"Paul Pitzer's marvelous book on Grand Coulee is at once the most complete history of the dam's construction and the best account of its importance to Pacific Northwest history."
- William L. Lang, Director, Center for Columbia River History

 

Obtaining a copy...

• Grand Coulee: Harnessing a Dream
  Washington State University Press
  1994
  ISBN: 0-87422-110-2
  Hard cover - $42
  Soft cover - $24

  Call WSU Press at 1-800-354-7360

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
   
2. The Land and the People
3. The Visions
4. The Columbia Basin Survey Commission
5. The Government Investigations
6. Washington State's Dam
7. Preliminary Work
8. MWAK's Giant Cofferdam
9. Making it Bigger and Making it Legal
10. MWAK Pours Concrete
11. Paying for the Biggest Thing on Earth
12. Building a Community
13. Henry Kaiser Builds the Dam
14. Land, Roads, Graves, and Salmon
15. Selling Grand Coulee's Power
16. World War II and the Break-in Period
17. Irrigation Comes to the Columbia Basin
18. Water, Water Everywhere
19. To Build, or Not to Build
20. The Third Powerhouse
    Afterword
    Appendix - Physical Structures of the Columbia Basin Project
    Endnotes
    Bibliographical Note
    Index
    Includes two sections of photographs