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Giant River Model Covers 220 Acres in Vicksburg
Old Man River in miniature at the U S Army Engineers Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg Miss displays a huge model of the Mississippi Basin built since 1942. The 220 acre model reproduces river channels levees and railways to test flood controls and predict flood effects aiding nationwide protection efforts.
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Gulliver
Niagara Land
Army Engineers
Waterways Experiment Station
Vicksburg
Miss
Niagara River
Mississiont
Narragansett Bay
U.S. Army Engineers’ Waterways Experiment Station
Mississippi River
United States
Mississippi
Termine
Maissouri
Missouri River
Sioux City
Hannibal
Turotonville
Tenn
Arkansas
Tulsa
Okla
Pine Bluff
Ark
Little Rock Ark