America's Shasta Dam A History of Construction, 1936-1945

Redding, CA: Redding Museum of Art and History. Very Good. 1995. 2nd Printing. Paperback. 0964337800 . B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The book covers have several small spots of discoloration. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a longish previous owner's gift notation on the front inside cover of the book. "Envisioned as early as 1919 as an effort to conserve, control, store, and distribute water to the Central Valley, California's main agricultural region, Shasta was first authorized in the 1930s as a state undertaking. However, bonds did not sell due to the onset of the Great Depression and Shasta was transferred to the federal Bureau of Reclamation as a public works project. Construction started in earnest in 1937 under the supervision of Chief Engineer Frank Crowe. During its building, the dam provided thousands of much-needed jobs; it was finished twenty-six months ahead of schedule in 1945. When completed, the dam was the second-tallest in the United States after Hoover, and was considered one of the greatest engineering feats of all time. " (from Wikipedia) .