- A
floodwall is a freestanding, permanent,
engineered structure designed to
prevent encroachment of floodwaters.
Floodwalls are
mainly used on locations...
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Floodwall, an
installation by Jana Napoli, is
composed of
drawers salvaged in the
aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina in New
Orleans in 2005. In 2005, two...
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regulates water levels. However,
levees can be bad for the environment.
Floodwalls are a more
confined alternative.
Ancient civilizations in the
Indus Valley...
- The West
Return Floodwall is a
project to
construct a new
flood wall in the
Jefferson Parish lakefront area of New Orleans. The goal is to
reduce flooding...
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Mississippi River-Gulf
Outlet levees. At
about 5:00 am, a 30-foot
section of
floodwall,
called a "monolith," on the east side of the
Inner Harbor Navigation...
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muralists Robert Dafford, Herb Roe, and
Brett Chigoy as part of the
Maysville Floodwall Murals project. Her
brother Nick
Clooney spoke during the
dedication for...
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Ridge and
Michoud areas. The
Upper Ninth was
flooded by the
levee and
floodwall failures near the
Desire neighborhood,
across the
Industrial Canal from...
- near the
Scioto River.
Among many
infrastructure projects, a 7.2-mile
floodwall was
built from 1993 to 2004 to
protect most of
Franklinton from flooding...
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unveils Western Baptist's
floodwall mural half-hour early". The
Paducah Sun. "Paducah Wall to Wall-Paducah's
History on
Floodwall Murals".
Retrieved March...
- A
coupure is a
means of
closing an
opening in a wall,
floodwall or
levee (****). The word
comes from the
French verb
couper which means "to cut". In historic...
