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Show Gigantic Modelof Model of of"01 of01 " 01 ' \ Man 1\1an 1 1an River " Is IsUsed IsUsed Used in Flood StudyNIAGARA Study StudyNIAGARA NIAGARA FALLS-Army FALLS Army FALLSArmy FALLSArmyengmeers FALLS -Army Army - Armyengineers Armyengineers engmeers engineers are turning back bac1 the thecalendar thecalendar thecalendar calendar through the years and andreenactmg andreenacting andre-enacting andre enacting re-enactmg re enactmg re-enacting enacting - the great floods of ofthe ofthe ofthe the MISSISSIppirIver Mississippi river , it , was sas \ as re- re revealed revealed re revealed - vealed at the meeting of the theAmerIcan theAmerican theAmerican AmerIcan Society of Mechani Mechani- Mechanical Mechanical Mechanical - - cal Engineers here by Licut Lieut F F.H FH . H . Falkner , Engineer corps corpsUnited , . United States army . Licut Lleut Lieut Falkner Is director of the theU theU theU U . S Waterways Experiment sta- sta station sta station - . tion tlon at Vicksburg , , Miss . . Scene of the re creation of Missis MIssis- MIssissippi Mississippi - . sippi floods fioods is the great 1,100 1100 , , foct foot footlong tootlong . long model at Vicksburg Vlcksburg of OF 01 01 ' ' Man ManRlver ManRover'g ManRiver's ManRivers Rlver Rover'g Roverg ' ' , domain domam from south of ofHelena ofHelena ofHelena Helena : , , Ark . . . , , to the river's rivers ' ' mouth mouthRepresents mouthRepresents mouthRepresents Represents 16,000 16000 , Miles l\1lles l 1lles \ . The model shows the 602 miles of ofthe ofthe ofthe the main mam river channel , , the five fiveprIncIpal fiveprincipal fiveprincipal prIncIpal tributaries trlbutarlcs , all aU backwater backwaterareas backwaterareas backwaterareas areas and the entire entlre Atchafalaya AtchafalayabasIn Atchafalayabasin Atchafalayabasin basIn to the Gulf of Mexico Total Totalarea Totalarea Totalarea area of the river section portrayed portrayedis IS 16,000 16000 , square miles mlles mllesAt milesAt milesAt At present , Lieutenant Lleutenant Falkner Falknerdlsclosed Falknerdisclosed Falknerdisclosed dlsclosed disclosed , studies are arc under wa1 wa7 wa1for wa7for wayfor for the purpose of determining determmmg the theextent theextent theextent extent and sequence of work re- re reqUlred required re required - - quired qUlred tor for handling handlmg the 1927 floodIn floodIn flood floodIn In the past year there has been beenmade beenmade beenmade made a survey of flood water rout rout- routmg routing - . ing mg through the emergency diver dIver- dIversIon diverSian diversion - sion Sian outlets ouUets from the main maw man channel channelof of the Mississippi river through the theAtchafalaya theAtchafalaya theAtchafalaya Atchafalaya basmThe basinThe basin basm basinThe The Vicksburg station statlOn is only one oneof oneof oneof of 41 division and district dlstnct offices officesthroughout officesthroughout officesthroughout throughout the nation m In which the thearmy's thearmy's thearmy's thearmys army's armys ' corps of engineers engmeers is con con- conductmg conducting conducting - ducting ductmg over three thrcc hundred eparate separate separateexperiments $ separateexperiments eparateexperuncnts experuncnts experiments on all phases of rIver rIvernavigation rivernavigation rivernavigation navigation and flood control |
