Record Details
Field | Value |
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Title | Bonneville Project Act-A Provisional Bureau is Born |
Relation | Power and the Pacific Northwest |
Date | 2005-04-20 to 2005-05-09 |
Rights | This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the University of Oregon Libraries as a source is requested. |
Type | page |
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Description | 3 Bonneville Project Act. A Provisional Bureau is Born Not all of the opposition to the Columbia River projects ceased after construction started. There still remained critics who called the giant dams "white elephants in the wilderness." For example, two articles appeared in Colliers Magazine in the mid-1930's, entitled "Dam of Doubt" and "Power in the Wilderness," expressing skepticism about the economic feasibility of the dams. As Bonneville Dam neared completion,... |
Identifier | http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,1954 |