Word: dams
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...BEWARE! THE SOCIETY HAS LERNED YOU MILIONAIRS ARE GOING TO GIVE A SHOW AGAINST THE BROTHER-HOOD OF THE OPPRESSED. STOP YOUR SHOW OR YOU WILL BE DAM SORRY...
...season this year, after promising to give the largest amount of outdoor time for rowing that the men have had since the building of the dam, was blocked up so tight at the last minute that it was not cleared until almost the first of April. The only opportunity that the men had, therefore, for water work was the mediocre advantages which the tank offered, and so before the race with Cornell they had had very little chance for real work-outs under the real conditions. Nevertheless, when they lined-up at the start of their first contest, they were...
...University and second crews were out on the river yesterday and rowed up to the Watertown dam and back. The class crews were also out, all going upstream except the Junior crew, which rowed down to the Cambridge Bridge. The Junior and Sophomore class fouroars are now organized and were out for practice yesterday. Curtis replaced Volkman at five in the Junior crew, Volkmann going to number three in the Junior four...
...illustrated by stereopticon slides. Mr. Cooper is one of the foremost engineers of the country. Among other feats, he drove a tunnel under the Horseshoe Falls at Niagara, which was considered an impossible task. Perhaps his most important exploit was the planning and building of the great water power dam across the Mississippi at Keokuk, Iowa. The dam is nine-tenths of a mile long, being made up of one hundred and nineteen arched spans...
...greatest engineers of America, and is very efficient as an organizer. He has carried through many important projects, including the driving of a tunnel under the Horseshoe Falls at Niagara, which many scientists declared impossible. Mr. Cooper's greatest feat, however, was the construction of the huge water power dam across the Mississippi at Keokuk, Iowa. The dam is made of concrete, and extends nine-tenths of a mile between Iowa and Illinois. The power is generated in thirty special turbines, which generate 200,000 horse-power. These turbines were designed by Mr. Cooper...