Publication Date:
2021-06-24
Description:
In 1962 construction was begun on the Texas City and Vicinity Hurricane- Flood Protection Project, a program of the U.S. Corps of Engineers, which provided for a 16.2 mile long earthen seawall along the western shoreline of Galveston Bay. This levee, with a maximum height of 23 feet above sea level, was designed to protect low areas from tidal flooding during storms. In 1964, the Hitchcock Extension of the Hurricane-Flood Protection was proposed, a plan consisting of an 11.4 mile levee to protect the city of Hitchcock and vicinity. A portion of this levee crosses Jones Bay. Circulation in the bay would be provided by a closable tidal structure and culvert openings.
Keywords:
Ecology
;
Engineering
;
Environment
;
flood control
;
sea walls
;
levees
;
environmental effects
;
ecology
;
GBIC
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
book_section
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
