Arthur Powell Davis

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Arthur Powell Davis was an American civil engineer and early director of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation known for his influential work on water resource development in the American West.

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A. B. Davis 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American
civil engineer
government official
affiliation United States Department of the Interior
birthDate 1861-02-09
contributedTo development of federal water policy in the United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1933-08-07
educatedAt Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
surface form: Columbian College

George Washington University
employer Bureau of Reclamation
surface form: United States Bureau of Reclamation

United States Geological Survey
era Progressive Era
familyName Davis
fieldOfWork hydroelectric power
irrigation
water resources engineering
fullName Arthur Powell Davis self-link
genre technical reports
givenName Arthur
hasRole nephew of John Wesley Powell
influenced design and siting of Hoover Dam
languageSpoken English
memberOf American Society of Civil Engineers
nationality American
notableFor advocacy of large federal reclamation projects
leadership in early U.S. federal reclamation policy
planning and development of water resources in the American West
notableProject Boulder Canyon Project studies
Colorado River development planning
Hoover Dam planning
reclamation projects in the western United States
occupation civil engineer
government administrator
hydraulic engineer
placeOfBirth Decatur, Illinois
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
positionHeld Director of the United States Bureau of Reclamation
relative John Wesley Powell
workedOn hydroelectric power site investigations
irrigation systems for arid lands
river basin planning in the western United States
workLocation Old West
surface form: American West

Washington, D.C.

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Davis Dam namedAfter Arthur Powell Davis
A.B. Davis High School namedAfter Arthur Powell Davis
this entity surface form: A. B. Davis
Arthur Powell Davis fullName Arthur Powell Davis self-link