The Delta engineers

Blurb

A history of the Corps of Engineers work on the Mississippi River from the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803 to 1970. The focus of this thesis is flood control in the Mississippi River Delta area, protection of New Orleans through the use of the Mississippi River levee system, the Bonnet Carre and Atchafalaya Spillways and the Intracoastal Waterway and the New Orleans District's response to major Gulf Coast hurricanes.