- embankments.[clarification needed]
Floodwalls are
nowadays mainly constructed from pre-fabricated
concrete elements.
Floodwalls often have coupures,
which are...
-
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...
-
After the
flood of 1937, the U.S. Army
Corps of
Engineers constructed a
floodwall protecting the city,
which prevented two
major floods in 1964 and 1997...
- the
canal floodwalls. The
failure mechanism for the
Industrial Canal (east side
south and west side) was
overtopping of
levees and
floodwalls by the storm...
- the
worst civil engineering disaster in
American history at the time.
Floodwalls and
levees constructed by the
United States Army
Corps of
Engineers failed...
-
conduits for much of the city.
There are 13
miles (21 km) of
levees and
floodwalls that line the
sides of the canals. The 17th
Street Canal is the largest...
- Clifton,
Rawcliffe and
Poppleton ings are
temporary storage area (washland scheme) for
water that
flows down the
River Ouse in York, England. Approximately...
- 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...
- land is
subject to
flooding from the
Scioto and
Olentangy rivers, and a
floodwall is
required to
contain the
rivers and
protect the area from floods. The...
- St. Charles, and Plaquemines) and
consists of 350
miles of
levees and
floodwalls; 73 non-Federal
pumping stations; 3
canal closure structures with pumps;...
