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The John S. Eastwood papers contain materials relating to Eastwood's career as a civil/hydraulic engineer, particularly in the field of dam design and construction. The collection consists of professional correspondence, agreements, proposals, reports, surveys, specifications, field notes, articles, writings, and biographical information. The bulk of the collection focuses on Eastwood's engineering projects from 1886-1924 in California, such as Big Creek-Mammoth Power (San Joaquin Valley), Hume Lake Dame (Fresno County), Big Meadows Dam (Plumas County), Big Bear Valley Dam (San Bernardino County), Los Verjeles Dam (Yuba County), and Sespe-Piru Power and Irrigation Project (Los Angeles). Of n...
Offers compelling insight into how designer Eastwood battled government bureaucrats, corporate patrons, and fellow hydraulic engineers to build seventeen dams in the western U.S. during the early twentieth century based on his innovative multiple-arch design. Reprint.
Notebook of excerpts from scientific magazines, newspapers, books and periodicals, etc., relating to the life and career of her father, John S. Eastwood, civil-hydraulic engineer. Preface written by M.E. Welch. Includes copies of letters, articles, etc., written by Eastwood.