PARKER DAM

at the Ariz.–Calif. line, on the Colorado River; completed 1938. It is 320 ft (98 m) high and 856 ft (261 m) long. The dam impounds water for Los Angeles and other coastal cities, has a power plant, and supplies some water for irrigation. It also diverts water to Arizona.

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Theodore Parker: A Biography
Book by Octavius Frothingham Brooks; J. R. Osgood, 1874
Subjects: Parker, Theodore--1810-1860
...FROM A DAGUERREOTYPE PORTRAIT OF THEODORE PARKER, TAKEN AT THE AGE OF THIRTY-NINE. THEODORE PARKER: A BIOGRAPHY. BY OCTAVIUS BROOKS...PRINTERS. PREFACE. THE friends of Theodore Parkers ideas, as well as the lovers of his person...
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Theodore Parker
Book by Henry Steele Commager; Little Brown and Company, 1936
Subjects: Parker, Theodore--1810-1860
THEODORE PARKER Courtesy of Boston Athenoeum THEODORE PARKER THEODORE PARKER BY HENRY STEELE COMMAGER WITH ILLUSTRATIONS Boston: PUBLISHED BY LITTLE, BBOWN, AND COMPANY 1936 Copyright, 1936, BY HENRY STEELE COMMAGER All rights...
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Correspondence of Matthew Parker, D.D.: Comprising Letters Written by and to Him, from A. D. 1535, to His Death, A. D. 1575
Book by John Bruce; 1853
Subjects: Church Of England, Parker, Matthew--1504-1575
CORRESPONDENCE OF MATTHEW PARKER, D.D., . ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY The Parker Society. Instituted A.D. M.DCCC.XL. for the publication...reformed English Church. CORRESPONDENCE OF MATTHEW PARKER, D.D. . ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY COMPRISING...
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Sentiment and Celebrity: Nathaniel Parker Willis and the Trials of Literary Fame
Book by Thomas N. Baker; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Authors, American--19th Century--Biography, Authorship--History--19th Century, Celebrities--United States--Biography, Sentimentalism In Literature, Willis, Nathaniel Parker--1806-1867
Sentiment Celebrity: Nathaniel Parker Willis and the Trials of Literary Fame...LC-BH82-5206. SENTIMENT CELEBRITY Nathaniel Parker Willis and the Trials of Literary Fame...Sentiment and celebrity : Nathaniel Parker Willis and the trials of literary fame...
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Nathaniel Parker Willis
Book by Henry A. Beers; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1885
Subjects: Willis, Nathaniel Parker--1806-1867
...WARNER. American Men of Letters. NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS. BY HENRY A. BEERS. BOSTON...INDEX 357 NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS. CHAPTER I. 1806-1823...Apennines." Her maiden name was Hannah Parker. She was born at Holliston, Massachusetts...
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journal articles on: Parker Dam  - 114 results

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Ancient Irrigation and Buddhist History in Central India: Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dates and Pollen Sequences from the Sanchi Dams
Journal article by Julia Shaw, John Sutcliffe, Lindsay Lloyd-Smith, Jean-Luc Schwenninger, M.S. Chauhan; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 46, 2007
Subjects: Buddhism--History, Chronology--Usage, Dam construction--History, Dams--Design and construction, Dams--History, Dams--Protection and preservation, Irrigation (Agriculture)--History, Irrigation--History, Lamaism--History, Sanchi, India--Buildings and facilities, Sanchi, India--History, Sanchi, India--Political aspects
...1979 1934; Davison-Jenkins 1997; Parker 1909; Venkayya 1906). For the...1940 : 13) suggested that the dam below Sanchi hill dated to c...prior to being deposited in a dam, we should be able to date the...light prior to deposition in the dam. While the geology of the Sanchi...
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The Last Word
Journal article by Kim Nilsen; Journal of Accountancy, Vol. 204, 2007
Subjects: Accountants--Personal narratives, Certified public accountants--Personal narratives, Working women--Management
...put a shower in my office building so that I could ride my bike to work. The contractors did a 150-mile bike ride to Parker Dam (on the Colorado River between Arizona and California) for the benefit of the Multiple Sclerosis Society and asked me...
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Mohave Remembered
Journal article by Susan D. Penfield; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 47, 2005
Subjects: Mohaves--History, Mohaves--Social aspects, Native American languages--History, Native American languages--Protection and preservation, Native Americans--History, Native Americans--Languages, Native Americans--Protection and preservation, University of Arizona Press--Services, University presses--Services
...strong river before it empties into Lake Havasu above Parker Dam. By the time it reaches the town of Parker, it is a...SP = Susan Penfield) RM (talking about Head Gate Rock dam near Parker, Arizona): ... and in 1912, 13, 14 ... that gate was...
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One Slick Trick: Building a Better Biolubricant
Journal article by Scott Fields; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 111, 2003
Subjects: Lubrication and lubricants
...However, at least two Canadian utilities and the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation (in operating Parker Dam in California) do use it. Change has come somewhat more quickly for biobased transformer oil. Utilities across the...
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As Long as the Waters Shall Run: The "Obstructed Water" Metaphor in American Indian Fiction
Journal article by John K. Donaldson; American Studies International, Vol. 40, 2002
Subjects: Dams--Social aspects, Metaphor--Analysis, Native Americans--Social aspects, Water--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...work on Wind from an Enemy Sky (Parker 120), in which reactions to a white mans dam on Indian lands motivate the...period, the Upper-Missouri Basin dam project was underway. This joint...published posthumously), is about a dam project and its effects on Indian...
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Cork's Tainted Future: The Centuries-Old Marriage of Cork and Wine Is in Dire Straits, as Producers Turn to Other Forms of Bottle Closure in Order to Reduce the Prevalence of Spoilt Wines. While This Is Good News for Drinkers, as Edward Parker Discovers, It Could Spell Disaster for Both Traditional Farmers and the Environment
Magazine article by Edward Parker; Geographical, Vol. 76, May 2004
Subjects: Cork (Materials)--Usage, Cork oak--Environmental aspects, Cork oak--International aspects, Cork--Usage, Wine and wine making--Equipment and supplies, Wine making--Equipment and supplies
...Pinto. And there are other threats: fires have recently devastated large swathes of forest, the construction of the Alentejo Dam in Portugal led to the submersion and death of more than a million trees, and in some areas, cork-oak forests are being converted...
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A Complex Personality
Magazine article by Mushtag Parker; African Business, September 1994
Subjects: Africa--Economic aspects, Businessmen--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Foreign investments--Economic aspects
...profile of the new South African businessman, writes Mushtag Parker, is anintriguing compound. It is made up of the thrusting new...should not import electricity from Mozambiques Caborra Basa Dam project. In the middle you have the South African Indian businessmen...
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Not of National Significance: Failed National Park Proposals in California
Magazine article by Lary M. Dilsaver; California History, Vol. 85, March 2008
Subjects: Archaeology--Laws, regulations and rules, Archaeology--Political aspects, Catholic Church--Political activity, Environmental activists--Laws, regulations and rules, Environmental activists--Political activity, Environmental activists--Political aspects, Environmentalists--Laws, regulations and rules, Environmentalists--Political activity, Environmentalists--Political aspects, National parks and reserves--Laws, regulations and rules, National parks and reserves--Political aspects, National parks--Laws, regulations and rules, National parks--Political aspects
...before 1972; no further data; list 8 Parker Dam; San Bernardino County; before 1972...private and USFS lands; list 15 Santa Fe Dam; Los Angeles County; 1940; study requested...11 Stanislaus River and New Melones Dam; Calaveras and Tuolumne counties; 1979...
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Hell Factories in the Field: A Prison-Industrial Complex
Magazine article by Mike Davis; The Nation, Vol. 260, February 20, 1995
Subjects: Calipatria, California, Correctional institutions, Prisons--Social aspects
...chain-link models. Each of the middle fences fifteen individual strands of wire bristles with 5,000 volts, 500 amperes of Parker Dam power--about ten times the recognized lethal dosage. The electrical contractors guarantee instant death. An admiring...
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State of Readiness: Learn How Arizona Is Using Training Exercises to Prepare for Both Natural Disasters and the Possibility of a Terrorist Attack
Magazine article by Robert Elliott; Security Management, Vol. 50, December 2006
Subjects: Antiterrorism measures--Training, Arizona--Economic aspects, Arizona--Planning, Landscape protection--Training
...spillway gates at the Davis and Parker dams, which--along with the Hoover Dam outside of Las Vegas--are the...Arizona has on the river. Such a dam breach would result in the uncontrolled...including Needles, Lake Havasu City, Parker, and San Luis. Diversionary...
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TIGGY ABSEILS CLOSE TO THE WIND; Charles' Fury as Ex-Nanny Watches Young Princes Dice with Death on Dam
Newspaper article by Jane Kerr, Joan Burnie; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), August 10, 1998
...LeMorvan took the shots. She said: "We could see people on the dam. When we got to the top, we looked over to see a couple of boys...Beaufort Hunt with Harry - while the Princes mistress Camilla Parker- Bowles joined riders. Tiggy comes from the background with...
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Scott's So Dam Lucky to Be KO'd; COUPAR OUT OF DUTCH TIE
Newspaper article by Iain Campbell; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), April 10, 1998
Scotts So Dam Lucky to Be KOd; COUPAR OUT OF DUTCH TIE. by Iain Campbell...parties at all home games this season. Meanwhile, Claymores fall-guy Gary Parker is aiming to put the record straight in Holland on Sunday. The ex-Melrose...
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ALIEN Nations
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), March 17, 2007
Subjects: Parker, Mike
...Vyrnwy) celebrating impounding a number of Welsh rivers. Observes Parker, It makes no mention of the fact that a village of 400 inhabitants...for that matter, that 44 men died in the construction of the dam. A lover of countryside and walking, he is excellent on the...
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Quite a Lot of Carping about Las Vegas
Newspaper article by Ken Parker; Sunday Mirror (London, England), October 18, 1998
Quite a Lot of Carping about Las Vegas. by Ken Parker CARP, Carp everywhere, the most amazing sight a fisherman...persuade me to spend some time there. In the 1930s The Hoover Dam was built across the Colorado River 30 miles from Las Vegas...
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1952 Kaiser Symbolized Postwar Yearning for Handsome Autos
Newspaper article by Vern Parker; The Washington Times, November 13, 1998
...automobile, the upper right symbol is a ship, the lower left a steel or aluminum factory and the lower right symbol is Hoover Dam. "I like the looks of a two-door," Mr. Sheldon said, "Its niftier than a four-door." There is only one other similar car...
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encyclopedia articles on: Parker Dam  - 5 results

 
 
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Parker Dam
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PARKER DAM at the Ariz. Calif. line, on the Colorado River; completed 1938. It is 320 ft (98 m) high and 856 ft (261 m) long. The dam impounds water for Los Angeles and other coastal cities, has a power plant...
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Colorado , River, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...storage project, the Colorado Big Thompson project , Hoover Dam , Davis Dam, Imperial Dam, the All-American Canal , Parker Dam , and Glen Canyon Dam . Controversies over water rights on the Colorado have long raged between the United States and...
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Arizona
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...helps irrigate the Yuma vicinity. The Coolidge Dam, with its San Carlos reservoir, serves the area...California. These include Hoover, Glen Canyon, Davis, Parker, Imperial, and Laguna dams. At the Parker dam, the Central Arizona Project diverts water via...
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Fort Smith , City, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...National Historic Site includes the Old Fort Museum and Judge Parkers court (see National Parks and Monuments , table). A national...linked by the Arkansas River project with the Gulf of Mexico; the dam built east of Fort Smith created a large lake...
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Oklahoma
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...After the establishment of a federal court at Fort Smith, Isaac Parker became famous as the "hanging judge." Cattle, Railroads, and...in such constructions as the reservoir impounded by the Kerr Dam on the Arkansas River. For the most part, these programs resulted...


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