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Considered Lake Erie-Lake Ontario Waterway: Hydraulic Model Investigation

Description: Report describing the results of studies meant to provide "determination of the most functional and economical location for a lock in the vicinity of Buffalo, N. Y., and evaluation of navigation conditions at the entrance to an overland canal joining the American channel of the Niagara River northwest of North Tonawanda, N. Y." (p. ix).
Date: April 1970
Creator: Murphy, Thomas E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Improvements for Murrells Inlet, South Carolina: Hydraulic Model Investigation

Description: Final report of a project for the improvement and stabilization of Murrells Inlet, near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. A model study was performed to aid in preconstruction planning and design of structural solutions to the problem of providing a stabilized channel of sufficient depth and width with provisions for sand bypassing.
Date: April 1978
Creator: Perry, Frederick C., Jr.; Seabergh, William C. & Lane, Edgar F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Kissimmee River Structures, Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project: Hydraulic Model Investigation

Description: Abstract: Kissimmee River structures S-65E, S-65D, and S-65B were reproduced in a 1:20 scale model in order to study ways of eliminating scour of the downstream riprap blankets by means of structural modifications of operating procedures.
Date: March 1979
Creator: Turner, Herman O., Jr. & Pickering, Glenn A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Modifications to Filling and Emptying System of Lock No. 1, Mississippi River, Minneapolis, Minnesota =: Hydraulic Model Investigation

Description: From abstract: The existing locks at Locks and Dam No. 1 were constructed between 1929 and 1932. Problems have been experienced with accumulation of ice and debris at the intakes, air entrapment in the culverts of the filling and emptying system, excessive turbulence in the lock chamber during filling, and hazardous conditions downstream from the locks during emptying operations.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Ables, Jackson H., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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