Lakes of Mississippi - Reservoirs in Mississippi, Arkabutla Lake, Hickory Hills Lake, Sardis Lake, Grenada Lake, Flint Creek Water Park (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Reservoirs in Mississippi, Arkabutla Lake, Hickory Hills Lake, Sardis Lake, Grenada Lake, Flint Creek Water Park, Pickwick Lake, Ross Barnett Reservoir, Enid Lake, Bay Springs Lake, Mule Jail, Aliceville Lake, Columbus Lake, Aberdeen Lake, Lake Lowndes State Park. Excerpt: Arkabutla Lake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia After a series of disastrous floods during the mid-1800s and early 1900s, high priority was given to flood control projects. The worst flood in modern history of the Lower Mississippi Valley occurred in 1927. The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 spawned a comprehensive program for flood control along the Mississippi River and its tributaries and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers became the planners, designers and builders of the flood control projects. Engineers determined the headwaters of the Yazoo River contributed to or caused much of the flooding that occurred in Mississippis Delta region. In addition to the construction of levees along the Yazoo River, four flood control reservoirs were constructed in north Mississippi as part of the Yazoo Basin Headwater Project. Arkabutla Dam, the second of the dams to be built, was constructed on the Coldwater River. The development of Arkabutla Dam even required the relocation of an entire town. In 1942, the U.S. Government moved the town of Coldwater and approximately 700 residents at a cost of $250,000 to its present location 1-mile (1.6 km) south of the original site. Today there is a monument dedicated to the old town of Coldwater just west of the Coldwater exit off Interstate 55. There you can see a few remnants of the old town; however a majority of the site remains underwater year round. When completed, the Yazoo Headwater Project will protect 1,209,000 acres (4,890 km) of l... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4935312