Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, Channel Improvement. Hydraulic Model Investigation.
Abstract
The Turtle Creek channel improvement plan is proposed for the lower end of Turtle Creek near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to provide flood protection for a 20,000-cfs design discharge from the mouth to a point 3.8 miles upstream. The model investigation was concerned with the study of the hydraulic performance of the proposed design in the lower reach, the effect of low level bridges, abutments, and other channel constrictions, and the evaluation of various modifications to the proposed design. An undistorted model, scale 1:50, reproducing the lower 7800 ft of Turtle Creek and a portion of the Monongahela River at the confluence was used for the investigation. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0722212
Entities
People
- James E. Glover
- John J. Franco