Savage, John L. (John Lucian), 1879-1967
Variant namesDam 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.
From the description of Papers, 1944. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 53010980
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 description of John Lucian Savage papers, 1903-1961. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 80782569
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Savage, J. L. Grand Coulee Development, 1933-1934. | Colorado School of Mines, Arthur Lakes Library | |
| referencedIn | Blass, Simcha. Simcha Blass hydrology of Israel collection. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| creatorOf | Savage, John Lucian. Papers, 1944. | Denver Public Library, Central Library | |
| referencedIn | Rodgers, Andrew Denny, 1900-1981. Andrew Denny Rodgers papers, 1893-1959. | Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. | |
| referencedIn | Atkinson, Lynn. Dams, papers concerning design and construction, 1903-1956. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Andrew Denny Rodgers papers, 1893-1959 | Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. | |
| creatorOf | John L. Savage Papers | National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center | |
| referencedIn | Simcha Blass Hydrology of Israel collection, 1935-1955 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | The San Francisco Bay Saline Water Barrier Collection | Water Resources Collections and Archives | |
| creatorOf | Reber, John, 1887-1960. San Francisco Bay saline water barrier collection, 1929-1963. | Water Resources Collections and Archives | |
| creatorOf | Savage, John Lucian, 1879-1967. John Lucian Savage papers, 1903-1961. | Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. | |
| creatorOf | Savage, John Lucian. Boulder Dam [model]. | Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA | |
| referencedIn | Marx, Charles David, 1857-1939. Charles David Marx papers, 1873-1942. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| creatorOf | Raphael, Jerome M. Collected papers on laboratory tests and field studies, 1937-1939. | Water Resources Collections and Archives |
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| associatedWith | Bhakra Nangal Project. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Blass, Simcha | person |
| associatedWith | Blass, Simcha. | person |
| associatedWith | Columbia Basin Project (U.S.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Marx, Charles David, 1857-1939. | person |
| associatedWith | Rodgers, Andrew Denny, 1900-1981. | person |
| associatedWith | Tennessee Valley Authority. Water Resources. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | United States. Bureau of Reclamation. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Water Resources Collections and Archives | person |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) | |||
| Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.) | |||
| West (U.S.) | |||
| Parker Dam (Ariz. and Calif.) | |||
| Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.) | |||
| United States | |||
| Washington (State)--Grant County | |||
| Colorado--Denver | |||
| Yangtze River Gorges (China) |
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| Dams |
| Engineers |
| Landslides |
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| Engineers |
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Birth 1879-12-25
Death 1967-12-28
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