Abstract
"For many years the lower Mississippi River valley has been in constant danger from high water causing disastrous floods. The important city of New Orleans, our typical French city, is below the surface of the Mississippi River at all stages, and its only means of protection at present is by a levee. Should this bulkwark give way, the whole of that city would be submerged. With this danger in mind, the writer has undertaken a study for, and design of a spillway above the city to reduce the danger caused by high water. Each year flood heights increase and the levees, due to the enormous pressure exerted upon them, become weaker. Many thousands of dollars are spent each year in repair and strengthening of levees, but this can not go on forever, and it is probably only a matter of time until it will be impossible to further control the increasing flood heights"--Introduction, page 1.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Degree Name
Professional Degree in Civil Engineering
Publisher
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Publication Date
1928
Pagination
ii, 13 pages
Geographic Coverage
Mississippi River
Rights
© 1928 R.W. Campbell, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Floods -- Mississippi RiverSpillways -- Design and construction
Thesis Number
T 543
Print OCLC #
9512752
Electronic OCLC #
946039759
Recommended Citation
Campbell, R. W., "Diversion of Mississippi flood water as aid to flood control" (1928). Professional Degree Theses. 298.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/professional_theses/298
Map
Comments
1 folded map in back of book is included here as supplementary material.