Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
List of Figures
About the Author
Foreword and Author’s Acknowledgments
Part One: The Mississippi River Project
Chapter 1. The Mississippi River Problem
Chapter 2. The Failure of the Levees
Chapter 3. The Jadwin Plan
Part Two: The Failure of Politics
Chapter 4. Faltering Steps
Chapter 5. Collapse of the Jadwin Plan
Part Three: The Troubleshooter
Chapter 6. Ferguson
Chapter 7. The Cutoff Plan
Part Four: The Cutoffs
Chapter 8. Experimental Dredging
Chapter 9. Proving the Cutoffs
Chapter 10. Eliminating a Floodway
Epilogue: End of the Cutoffs
Bibliography
Index
Audience: Engineers and engineering organizations – particularly hydraulic engineers and organizations or agencies focusing on public or civil works – would find the historical context of cutoffs helpful in weighing various flood control options. Among nonprofessionals, the book would appeal to anyone interested in the history of the Mississippi Valley, the Corps of Engineers, flood control, engineering, or technology.