Asmus Boysen and His Dam Problems
| Author | : Lawrence Woods |
| Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
| Total Pages | : 279 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781481706728 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1481706721 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (721 Downloads) |
Download or read book Asmus Boysen and His Dam Problems written by Lawrence Woods and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Danish immigrant Asmus Boysen arrived in New York in 1886, hoping to make his fortune in the free environment of the United States. In a remarkably short time, he did just that, but a search for coal and metals in Wyoming proved fruitless. He committed his fortune to a dam and power plant to recover his lost investment, but a power struggle over the land with lawyer John T. Clarke exhausted both their fortunes. The dam Boysen built is gone, but ironically the government made a much larger dam just upriver from Boysen's location, naming it Boysen's Dam, proving that it made sense to erect a dam and power plant there, if the builder was rich enough and powerful enough.