Savage, John L. (John Lucian), 1879-1967
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Dam design engineer. Appointed U.S. Reclamation Service's chief design engineer in 1924. Supervised more than 60 dams, including Hoover and Grand Coulee. Denver, Colo. resident.
John Lucian Savage, 1879-1967, was a dam design engineer, who worked for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, from the turn of the 19th century until his retirement, and then served as their chief consultant. In 1924 he was appointed chief design engineer. He supervised the design of more than 60 major dam projects including: the Hoover Dam, Grand Coulee Dam, Parker and Shasta Dams, some of the first dams of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the Columbia Basin Project in Washington State, projects in Mexico and Australia, and the Yangtze Gorge Dam in China in 1944.
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Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)
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Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
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West (U.S.)
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Parker Dam (Ariz. and Calif.)
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Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
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Washington (State)--Grant County
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Colorado--Denver
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Yangtze River Gorges (China)
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