Rumors and fears that the Conemaugh Lake Reservoir had reached its summit and the South Fork Dam might burst were widespread for many years. By Friday, May 31, 1889, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, it had been raining for a week. Finally at 3:10 pm the center of the dam gave way. Considered the worst flood disaster in the nation's history - 2,209 persons were killed, a countless number of bodies were never found.

"This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in national attitude from pride in big dmas as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers."--Container.

In the scramble to claim water rights in the West during the fevered days of early emigration and expansion, running out of water was rarely a concern, and the dam building fever that transformed the West in the 19th and 20th centuries created a map of the region that may be unsustainable. Throughout the arid American West, metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Denver need water. These cities are growing, but water supplies...

It's 1931 and men are desperate for jobs. A lucky few will get to work in the searing heat of the Nevada desert on the massive Hoover Dam, the single largest public works project in history. Their goal is to tame the mighty Colorado River with a dam that will create the largest man-made lake in the world. But can they can overcome their own prejudices to do it?

The Whiterocks Irrigation Company moved from their building in Lapoint, Utah, leaving their documents. The new owner of the building, Nathan McMickell donated the collection to the Regional History Center. The collection consists of maps, blueprints, correspondence, minutes, reports, audits, legal documents, and ect, of the lakes, dams, canals of the company.