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Re-Routing the River Before an ounce of concrete could be poured, the river had to be put somewhere else. The planet took 12 million years to make this route for the Colorado; Frank Crowe had eighteen months to make a new one. |
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  How engineers contained and controlled the Colorado and Mississippi rivers. Thomas Edison lights up New York City; Sam Insull brings power to Chicago; and TVA electrifies rural America Constructing the George Washington Bridge Putting a major highway under Boston  |
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