Download or read book Man made Cutoffs on the Lower Mississippi River Conception Construction and River Response written by Brien R. Winkley and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study is to reanalyze the navigation and flood channels of the Mississippi River by examining the arguments leading up to the series of man-made cutoffs, discussing their construction and illustrating the response of the system to the cutoffs. Engineers in many countries have looked on the Mississippi River cutoff program as one of extreme success but in trying to duplicate river shortening on other rivers have often produced disastrous results. The delicate balance among the hydraulic and geomorphic factors that control river form and river flow is so complex that it is not well understood. It is necessary then that there be as complete an understanding as possible of the response of a river after a single cutoff or a series of cutoffs. (Author).

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Download or read book History of the Improvement of the Lower Mississippi River for Flood Control and Navigation 1932 1939 written by United States. Mississippi River Commission and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Improvement of the Lower Mississippi River for Flood Control and Navigation written by United States. Mississippi River Commission and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Experiment to Determine the Effects of Proposed Dredged Cut offs in the Mississippi River written by Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Cutoff Plan written by Damon Manders and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story about the triumph of engineering in finding a solution to manage flooding on the greatest American river. For a century, men had tried to manage the Mississippi River to reduce flooding, but most engineering efforts had limited effect. When the Great Flood of 1927 revealed the insufficiency of these efforts, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers developed a plan to provide flood protection to the Mississippi Valley that relied mostly on the diversion of flood down side channels. This plan proved fatally flawed. Not only did it not use all possible solutions, it did not take property owners in the proposed floodways into account. Rammed through Congress by the political machinations of Chief of Engineers Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, the plan was on the verge of failure as litigation halted its implementation, leaving the valley vulnerable to the next flood. Only when Col. Harley B. Ferguson presented a new plan for lowering floods through cutoffs (cutting across the meandering loops of the river) was the Mississippi River Commission able to reduce flooding by shortening and realigning the river. By going against the grain of accepted engineering theory, Ferguson was able to develop a plan that ultimately saved the Mississippi River project, preserved the reputation of the Corps, and protected the valley from potential destruction.

Download or read book The Mississippi River written by United States. Mississippi River Commission and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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