Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road, 2 miles south of I-20, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

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TITLE:
Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road, 2 miles south of I-20, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MISS,75-VICK,27-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 48 (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 61 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 4

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MS-2

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-4).

Building/structure dates: 1930 initial construction

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 00001511

Significance: Established in response to a campaign to create a national hydraulics laboratory during the 1920s, the Waterways Experiment Station's activities include the resolution of hydraulic problems in waterways and harbors as well as the design and testing of hydraulic structures through the use of physical and numerical (computer generated) models. The Station has become the world's largest and best-equipped laboratory facility for practical application of experimental hydraulics. It has been designated an Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

SUBJECTS:
MISSISSIPPI--Warren County--Vicksburg
laboratories
research
research facilities

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ms0176

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. CHANNEL DIMENSIONS AND ALIGNMENT RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION. ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN WITH VIDEO-CONTROLED MODEL BOAT IN MODEL NAVIGATION CHANNEL. NOTE CONTROL TRAILER IN BACKGROUND.
2. CHANNEL DIMENSIONS AND ALIGNMENT RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION. HYDRAULIC ENGINEER PILOTING VIDEO-CONTROLED BOAT MODEL FROM CONTROL TRAILER. NOTE VIEW FROM BOAT-MOUNTED VIDEO CAMERA SHOWN ON MONITOR, AND MODEL WATERWAY VISIBLE THROUGH WINDOW AT LEFT.
3. CHANNEL DIMENSIONS AND ALIGNMENT RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION. VIDEO-CONTROLED MODEL BOAT IN MODEL NAVIGATION CHANNEL, HEADING AWAY FROM SHELTER AND CONTROL TRAILER.
4. CHANNEL DIMENSIONS AND ALIGNMENT RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION. VIDEO-CONTROLED MODEL BOAT AT FAR END OF MODEL NAVIGATION CHANNEL, HEADING INTO SHELTER AND TOWARD CONTROL TRAILER.
5. CHANNEL DIMENSIONS AND ALIGNMENT RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION. VIDEO-CONTROLED MODEL BOAT IN MODEL NAVIGATION CHANNEL, HEADING INTO SHELTER AND TOWARD CONTROL TRAILER.
6. NEW YORK HARBOR MODEL. VIEW FACING UP MANHATTAN ISLAND. NOTE TIDE GENERATOR AT RIGHT. (BRIGHT SPOT AT LEFT CAUSED BY SPARKLERS PLACED ON LIBERTY ISLAND)
7. NEW YORK HARBOR MODEL. VIEW FACING DOWN NEW YORK HARBOR, WITH LOWER MANHATTAN ISLAND AT LEFT.
8. NEW YORK HARBOR MODEL. VIEW FACING DOWN EAST RIVER TO NEW YORK HARBOR, WITH LOWER MANHATTAN ISLAND AT RIGHT.
9. NEW YORK HARBOR MODEL. VIEW FACING OUT LONG ISLAND SOUND, SHOWING LA GUARDIA AIRPORT AT CENTER.
10. MOVABLE BED SEDIMENTATION MODELS. DOGTOOTH BEND MODEL (MODEL SCALE: 1' = 400' HORIZONTAL, 1' = 100' VERTICAL), AND GREENVILLE BRIDGE MODEL (MODEL SCALE: 1' = 360' HORIZONTAL, 1' = 100' VERTICAL).
11. MOVABLE BED SEDIMENTATION MODELS. AUTOMATIC SEDIMENT FEEDER DESIGNED AND BUILT BY WES.
12. UNIDENTIFIED MODEL
13. UNIDENTIFIED MODEL
14. UNIDENTIFIED MODEL
15. YAZOO BACKWATER PUMPING STATION MODEL, YAZOO RIVER BASIN (MODEL SCALE: 1' = 26').
16. YAZOO BACKWATER PUMPING STATION MODEL, YAZOO RIVER BASIN. MECHANICAL AND HYDRAULIC ENGINEERS EXAMINING MODEL PUMPS.
17. YAZOO BACKWATER PUMPING STATION MODEL, YAZOO RIVER BASIN. ENGINEERS EXAMINING MODEL PUMPS, VIEW FROM MODEL BED.
18. YAZOO BACKWATER PUMPING STATION MODEL, YAZOO RIVER BASIN. CIVIL ENGINEERING AIDE AT CONTROL BOX.
19. YAZOO BACKWATER PUMPING STATION MODEL, YAZOO RIVER BASIN. ELECTRONICS ENGINEER AT DATA COLLECTION COMPUTER ROOM.
20. DREDGING POND.
21. DREDGING POND USED TO TEST THE ADAPTABILITY OF JET PUMPS FOR PUMPING SAND, AND WEAR RATES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF DREDGING PIPE.
22. TIDE GENERATOR AND RECORDING GUAGE ON CAPE FEAR MODEL.
23. CURRENT VELOCITY-DIRECTION INDICATOR DEVELOPED BY WES ELECTRONICS ENGINEER LEILAND M. DUKE.
24. CURRENT VELOCITY-DIRECTION INDICATOR, AND GURLEY MODEL NO. 665 PRICE-TYPE CURRENT METER.
25. CURRENT METERS: GURLEY MODEL NO. 665 AT CENTER, GURLEY MODEL NO. 625 'PYGMY' CURRENT METER AT LEFT, AND WES MINIATURE PRICE-TYPE CURRENT METER AT RIGHT.
26. CURRENT METERS WITH FOLDING SCALE (MEASURED IN INCHES) IN FOREGROUND: GURLEY MODEL NO. 665 AT CENTER, GURLEY MODEL NO. 625 'PYGMY' CURRENT METER AT LEFT, AND WES MINIATURE PRICE-TYPE CURRENT METER AT RIGHT.
27. LEUPOLD AND STEVENS MIDGET CURRENT METER (WITH ALTERNATE IMPELLER) AND FOLDING SCALE (MEASURED IN INCHES).
28. LEUPOLD AND STEVENS MIDGET CURRENT METER, WITH FOLDING SCALE AT TOP, AND THREE VARIATIONS OF WES MINIATURE PRICE-TYPE CURRENT METERS BELOW.
29. HAWSER DEVICE, DEVELOPED AT WES FOR MEASURING LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE STRESS OF BARGES IN CANAL LOCKS.
30. DETAIL VIEW OF HAWSER DEVICE.
31. MULTIPLE VARIETIES OF PITOT TUBES USED AT WES.
32. UNIDENTIFIED INSTRUMENT.
33. BENTZEL TUBE. A CURRENT VELOCITY MEASURING DEVICE DEVELOPED AT WES IN 1932 BY CARL E. BENTZEL.
34. RESEARCH HYDRAULIC ENGINEER DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF A BENTZEL TUBE (FRONT VIEW).
35. RESEARCH HYDRAULIC ENGINEER DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF A BENTZEL TUBE (SIDE VIEW).
36. MISSISSIPPI BASIN MODEL AT CLINTON SUBSTATION. VIEW FROM THE MAIN OBSERVATION TOWER OF THE OHIO RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES SECTION, LOOKING UPSTREAM.
37. MISSISSIPPI BASIN MODEL AT CLINTON SUBSTATION. VIEW FROM THE MAIN OBSERVATION TOWER OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, LOOKING UPSTREAM. THIS VIEW LINES UP WITH LEFT EDGE OF MS-2-36.
38. MISSISSIPPI BASIN MODEL AT CLINTON SUBSTATION. VIEW FROM THE MAIN OBSERVATION TOWER OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, LOOKING DOWNSTREAM, FROM JUST SOUTH OF THE CONFLUENCE OF THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS.
39. MISSISSIPPI BASIN MODEL AT CLINTON SUBSTATION. VIEW OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER, LOOKING UPSTREAM FROM THE CONFLUENCE OF THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS.
40. MISSISSIPPI BASIN MODEL AT CLINTON SUBSTATION. DETAIL OF ATCHAFALAYA FLOODWAY SECTION.
41. MISSISSIPPI BASIN MODEL AT CLINTON SUBSTATION. ATCHAFALAYA FLOODWAY SECTION, LOOKING WEST FROM OLD RIVER.
42. MISSISSIPPI BASIN MODEL AT CLINTON SUBSTATION. DETAIL OF 200 GALLON PER MINUTE INFLOW CONTROLLER WITH NEW PROGRAMMER, LOCATED ALONG THE NATCHEZ SECTION OF THE MODEL.
43. MISSISSIPPI BASIN MODEL AT CLINTON SUBSTATION. DETAIL OF 200 GALLON PER MINUTE INFLOW CONTROLLER WITH NEW PROGRAMMER, LOCATED ALONG THE NATCHEZ SECTION OF THE MODEL. NOTE CONTROL BUILDING AT LEFT.
44. MISSISSIPPI BASIN MODEL AT CLINTON SUBSTATION. DETAIL OF 20 GALLON PER MINUTE INFLOW CONTROLLER AND RELAY PANEL.
45. MISSISSIPPI BASIN MODEL AT CLINTON SUBSTATION. DETAIL OF 20 GALLON PER MINUTE INFLOW CONTROLLER AND DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE REGULATOR.
46. MISSISSIPPI BASIN MODEL AT CLINTON SUBSTATION. DETAIL OF INFLOW CONTROLLER WITH ORIGINAL CAPACITOR BANK.
47. MISSISSIPPI BASIN MODEL AT CLINTON SUBSTATION. VIEW OF STAGE TRANSMITTER AT ALTON, ILLINOIS MODEL SECTION, AND LOCK AND DAM (OLD #26) SIMULATOR.
48. MISSISSIPPI BASIN MODEL AT CLINTON SUBSTATION. INTERIOR OF CONTROL BUILDING, SHOWING TWO ROWS OF STEVENS STAGE RECORDERS AND INFLOW PROGRAMMERS.

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MS0176

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