| Show Gigantic Model of OP 01 Man bran River Is Used in Flood Study NIAGARA FALLS Army Army engineers are turning back the calendar through the years and enacting re-enacting the great floods of the Mississippi river it was re revealed revealed revealed re- re at the meeting of the American Society of cal Engineers here by F. F H. H H Falkner Engineer corps United States army Falkner is director of the U. U S. S Waterways Experiment station sta tion at Vicksburg Miss Scene of the creation re-creation of Mississippi sippi floods is the great 1100 foot long model at Vicksburg of 01 Or Man Rivers River's domain from south of Helena Ark to the rivers river's mouth Represents Miles The model shows the miles of the main river channel the five principal tributaries all backwater areas and the entire Atchafalaya basin to the Gulf of Mexico Total area of the river section portrayed is square miles mUes At present Lieutenant Falkner disclosed studies are arlt under way wat for the purpose of determining the extent and sequence of work required required re xe- for handling the 1927 flood In the past year there has been made a survey of flood nood water routIng rout rout- Ing lag through the emergency diversion diversion diver diver- sion lion outlets from the tho main channel of the Mississippi river through the Atchafalaya basin The Vicksburg station is only one of 41 division and district offices throughout the nation in which the tha theann ann army's corps of engineers Is conducting con can ducting over three hundred separate experiments on all aU phases of f river navigation and flood control |
