Water, Water Everywhere; 2003
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- Identifier
- MS1133-0515
- Title
- Water, Water Everywhere; 2003
- Description
- Thomas Ledford begins by discussing the 1927 Mississippi River Flood that is considered by many to be America's greatest natural disaster. Ledford analyzes the causes of major floods and then discusses past and future plans to control flooding. Unfortunately Captain Andrew Humphrey’s jealousy over the sound ideas of two excellent scientists threw flood control progress off track for seventy-five years. Despite new ideas about flood control, Ledford questions whether great river floods can ever be eliminated.
- Date
- 20 February 2003
- Creator
- Ledford, Thomas G.
- topic
- talk
- lecture
- SPHEX Club
- Thomas G. Ledford
- Ledford
- 2003
- William Alexander Percy
- Father Mississippi
- William Alexander Percy
- Lanterns on the Levee
- John Barry
- Rising Tide
- Mississippi Flood
- Garcilaso de la Vega
- Andrew Humphreys
- Charles Ellet
- Eads Jetties
- Andrew Atkinson Humphreys
- P.G.T. Beauregard
- James Buchanan Eads
- General Edgar Jadwin
- Type
- Text
- Genre
- lectures
- Digital Format
- application/pdf
- Language
- English
- Repository
- George M. Jones Library Association
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Rights Holder
- Thomas G. Ledford
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