Keokuk and the Great Dam

This remarkable pictorial history tells the story of an engineering marvel: the first dam built across the Mississippi River (from 1910�1913), and the historic Midwestern community that fostered the world-famous hydroelectric project. Keokuk and the Great Dam is the story of a colorful and historic river town with a dream of economic development and cultural progress; a self-taught engineer who took on a challenge that no one else wanted to attempt; and a massive construction effort that pitted