书目名称 | Johnstown’s Flood of 1889 | 副标题 | Power Over Truth and | 编辑 | Neil M. Coleman | 视频video | | 概述 | Major revision to the history of the Johnstown flood.Shows how a catastrophic event from the late 1800’s can be reconstructed and analyzed using modern scientific methods.Critically reviews a state-of | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .Science now reveals the true cause of the dam breach flood that destroyed Johnstown in 1889. The tragic loss of more than 2200 lives was preventable; the initial investigation of the flood was hijacked, delayed, and distorted by powerful members of the industrial elite. This book bridges the gap between history and science, reexamining eyewitness accounts of the flood and historic documents about the investigation, and applying new LiDAR, GPS, and hydraulic studies to solve the mystery – what caused the Great Flood of 1889? The book includes a notable chapter on the “sister” of the South Fork Dam, “The Forgotten Dam” at Hollidaysburg, PA.. | 出版日期 | Book 2019 | 关键词 | South Fork Dam; j; Wesley Powell; Johnstown Flood; 1889; Great Flood; Dam Breach; Dam Safety | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95216-1 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-06995-7 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-95216-1 | copyright | Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019 |
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