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Sep 1960
Southwest Pass-Mississippi River 40-FT Channel
Publication: Journal of the Waterways and Harbors Division
Volume 86, Issue 3
Abstract
Corps of Engineers is improving Southwest Pass to provide dependable 40-ft-deep ship channel connecting Mississippi River with Gulf of Mexico; to find best solution for elimination of heavy high water shoaling, prototype studies and model tests were conducted; results indicated that more sinuous channel alignment below mile 9 bhp and particularly in jettied sector below mile 17 bhp, will give additional force to high freshwater flow.
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Journal of the Waterways and Harbors Division
Volume 86 • Issue 3 • September 1960
Pages: 129 - 148
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© 1960 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Sep 1960
Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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Austin B. Smith, F.ASCE
Engr., Chf., Navg., Mapping and Dredging Branch, Lower Mississippi Valley Div., Vicksburg, Miss.
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