Old River Control Structure
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old-river-control-structure-164-1570394
title:
Old River Control Structure
text:
The Old River Control Structure is a floodgate system in a branch of the Mississippi River in central Louisiana. It regulates the flow of water from the Mississippi into the Atchafalaya River, thereby preventing the Mississippi River from changing course. Completed in 1963, the complex was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in a side channel of the Mississippi known as "Old River", between the Mississippi's current channel and the Atchafalaya Basin, a former channel of the Mississippi. Th
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Floodgate system in Louisiana, USA
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_River_Control_Structure
date created:
2005-07-30T17:03:32Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T15:14:21Z
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13
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