Riker Spillway Project and Ramifications, The

Sub-Title
The Riker Spillway Project and Ramifications Provides practicable, comprehensive plans for unquestionable flood protection and a thorough drainage of the Mississippi Valley, within six years at a low cost
Verso-Title
The Riker Spillway Project and Ramifications. Subtitle:The Mississippi Spillway Project and Ramifications...provides plans for the complete flood regulation, and utilization of waters of the Missouri-Mississippi River, from...Montana-Dakota...to Gulf
Subject

Mississippi River, Riker Spillway Project, floods, 1927 Flood

Date
1927 Dec 1
Publisher

U. S. Army Engineers

Place of Publication

[Washington, D. C.]

Accession Number
T0055.1997.0188.01
Condition
Fair. Acidified, some foxing, some paper tape repairs. Needs conservation.
Curatorial Notes

This is actually an uncut set of 2 maps on the same page, as printed before cutting into two separate sheets. See T0055.1997.0188b for second catalog sheet.

Insets
The Alluvial Valley of the Mississippi River...Showing areas flooded by Mississippi River. Verso inset: The Alluvial Valley of the Mississippi River...Plan of the Army Engineers for Flood Control.
Notes

2 ribbon maps, each delineating Mississippi River from Cape Girardeau to the Gulf of Mexico. "The Riker Mississippi Spillway will provide an absolutely safe passage from Cairo to the Gulf for more than twice the water that has ever passed down the Mississippi Valley in any given time and about double this amount as a flood crest." This proposed project was never undertaken.

Maps "To accompany report of Major General Edgar Jadwin, Chief of Engineers." "To accompany Senate Joint Resolution No. 7[,] Dec 6, [19]27"

Size
19 3/8 x 8 1/4
Storage
c05d08