Savage, John Lucian

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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.

From the guide to the John Lucian Savage papers, 1903-1961, (University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.)

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Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)

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Parker Dam (Ariz. and Calif.)

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Yangtze River Gorges (China)

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Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)

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