Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway Operation.

Abstract

The U.S. Army Engineer District, Memphis (LMM), requested the tests reported herein in letter of 19 August 1974, subject: FC, MR and T Mississippi River Levees, Request for Model Tests - Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway. The tests were conducted on the Mississippi Basin Model (MBM) at the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES), Jackson Installation, Jackson, Mississippi, during the period 15 February-15 April 1975. Personnel from the Lower Mississippi Valley Division (LMVD) and LMM visited the model during the testing program to review test results. Preliminary test results were furnished LMM at the completion of the testing program. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA055030

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