Too high & too steep : reshaping Seattle's topography /

Too high & too steep : reshaping Seattle's topography /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Williams, David B., 1965- author.
Imprint:	Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2015]
Description:	xxii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Geotechnical engineering -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- History. Earthwork -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- History. Geology -- Washington (State) Earthwork. Geology. Geotechnical engineering. Washington (State) Washington (State) -- Seattle. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10358003

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Varying Form of Title:	Too high and too steep
ISBN:	9780295995045 0295995041
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Time Line of Topographic Events in Seattle
Introduction
1. Geology
2. Seattle's Historic Downtown Shoreline
3. Filling in the Duwamish River Tideflats
4. Replumbing the Lakes
5. Regrading Denny Hill
6. We Shape the Land and the Land Shapes Us
Appendix: Volume of Dirt Moved in Seattle via Topographic Reshaping
Notes
Index