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Mr Flood Control shaped Ottawa flood safety story
Lamar Phillips known as Mr Flood Control campaigned for a regional flood prevention plan in the 1940s and 1950s. He organized river studies and lobbied Congress, helping Ottawa Pomona Melvern Osawatomie and Garnett gain an 11‑project plan authorized in 1954 and a $5.4 million Ottawa levee completed in 196. He later served as Ottawa mayor and received civic honors before dying in 1973.
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