Old River Closure Structure - Shipping Lock
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lock (water navigation), floodgate
Army Corps of Engineers area. This is part of the system to control the flow of water from the Mississippi River into the Atchafalaya Basin (a distributory system). If allowed to flow free, it is likely that the Atchafalaya would capture the main flow of the Mississippi bypassing Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
The details of the Old River Control system are explored in the "Atchafalaya" section of the book "The Control of Nature" by John McPhee.
The details of the Old River Control system are explored in the "Atchafalaya" section of the book "The Control of Nature" by John McPhee.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_River_Control_Structure
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Coordinates: 31°0'7"N 91°40'21"W
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- Lake Mary (Old River Lake) 24 km
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- Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge 30 km
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