Name/Title
"THE CONTROL OF FLOODS BY RESERVOIRS"Entry/Object ID
2003.286.4.2Description
Color: Blue
"The Control of Floods by Reservoirs," by Paul Bailey (Sacramento: State Printing Office,) 1928. The 463-page softcover pamphlet has the title, bulletin number, author's name, and printing information on the front of the blue cover. Contents include sections on controlling floods by reservoirs; systems of flood control; characteristics of floods; reservoir space needed to detain excess water flow; reservoir operating diagrams; the effects reservoirs have on water conservation; and conclusions. There is also an appendix to the "Summary Report to the Legislature of 1927 on the Water Resources of California and a Coordinated Plan for their Development." A set of tables of monthly summaries of water and power yields of reservoirs on four streams is at the back, as well. There are also twenty-eight plates and thirty-five tables in the work. With cover creases, corner dents, soiling, discoloration, folds, losses, moisture damage causing warping, silverfish evidence, stains, and tears; as well as page yellowing, the overall condition is fair.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Books, California. State Printing Office, California. Department of Public Works. Division of Engineering and Irrigation, Water supply--California, Reservoirs--California, Flood control--California