River surveys--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--History--20th century--Photographs.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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E.C. LaRue photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: UUS_P0637
Abstract
The Birdseye expedition of 1923 surveyed the 251 mile streach of the Colorado River which ran between Lees Ferry to Diamond Creek. The two major goals of the expedition was to locate potential dam sites and create a series of maps and profiles of the area. Eventually the expedition published 14 maps from the expedition that were used in the creation of Hoover and Parker Dams as well as the Colorado River Aqueduct and the Central Arizona Project. LaRue was the expedition hydrologist and...
Dates:
1922