Ohio River Basin Comprehensive Survey. Volume XIII. Appendix L. Navigation.
Abstract
This appendix was prepared under the guidelines of the Water Resources Council and provides a broad-scaled evaluation of the demands for and problems of waterborne transport in the Ohio River Basin exclusive of the Tennessee River Valley. The study furnishes general appraisals of the probable nature, extent, and timing of measures for meeting future water transport demands without undertaking economic feasibility analyses and project formulation. Available data, reasoned approximations, general relations, and the judgement of experienced planners were the basis for selecting potential improvements as elements for the basin framework plan and development program. A summary of the appendix is given in section I. Section II contains a review of the history of navigation in Ohio River Basin and the present development of the waterways system. The demand for water transportation is analyzed in section III, which covers recent trends in the basin's waterborne commerce, projected gross demands for freight transport by water, the capability of the navigation projects in the 1965 program to meet future needs, and the remaining net demands to be satisfied by new resource developments. Section IV presents a discussion of present and anticipated problems associated with navigation as well as their potential solutions, ending with a recommended development program for meeting the future needs of water transport in the study area.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- ADA041280