Army Corps Of Engineers Lay A Concrete Bed To Check Erosion

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keywords: public works, army corps of engineers, mississippi river erosion, bank revetments, mat-sinking, flexible concrete blocks

Synopsis: The Army Corps of Engineers tackle erosion on the Mississippi River by building revetments against the river banks to guard against attacking river currents and also using a procedure of Mat-Sinking where pre-made concrete blocks are attached together on the spot to create an articulating mattress of blocks that are then lowered into place by specially designed barges with the flexible mats sometimes containing as many as 50,000 squares of concrete in this massive erosion project on Ole Man River...(read more)

Date: 1956
Duration: 00:00:58
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: United States

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Army Corps Of Engineers Lay A Concrete Bed To Check Erosion

Army Corps Of Engineers Tackle Mississippi River Erosion

The Army Corps of Engineers gives Ole Man River a concrete bed, in a massive engineering job to check erosion of Vicksburg levees by the Mississippi River. The huge mattress of flexible concrete is laid in a round-the-clock operation.