Taming the Muskingum / Emory Kemp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kemp, Emory.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flood control--Ohio--Muskingum River--History.

Flood control.

Muskingum River (Ohio)--Navigation.

Muskingum River (Ohio).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Morgantown, [West Virginia] : West Virginia University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A tributary of the Ohio River and significant commercial route in the nineteenth century, the Muskingum River in southeastern Ohio presents a remarkable case study of how Americans have managed their waterways. In Taming the Muskingum, esteemed scholar Emory Kemp traces this history, emphasizing the engineering and construction aspects of river navigation and the fourteen related flood control dams built under the direction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Kemp's study ranges from early settlement and navigation of the uncontrolled Muskingum to the state-of-the-art engineering projects undertaken during the New Deal to more recent conservation and recreation uses.llustrated with drawings, photographs, and maps showing many aspects of the dam and reservoir system as well as the Muskingum slackwater navigation, Taming the Muskingum is a rich evocation of a navigation system that is today recognized as a national Historical Civil Engineering Landmark.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. A Wilderness Transformed

2. Slackwater Navigation on the Muskingum

3. The Politics of Flood Control

4. Built of Earth and Concrete

5. Modern Mound Builders

Appendix

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781940425856

1940425859

9781940425849

1940425840

OCLC:

930760588