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Engineering corps always also have civil responsibilities. For instance, in the United States, the Army Corps of engineers is responsible for dredging canals.
by routerl 4y ago
Engineering corps always also have civil responsibilities. For instance, in the United States, the Army Corps of engineers is responsible for dredging canals.
Providing drinking water to a population is one of the archetypal roles of military engineers.
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoThey also have a huge presence in nearby Vicksburg (waterways), so it might have been an easy resource to call on.
- mturmon 4y agoSince it’s a weekend, if people have time, here’s the classic narrative summary by John McPhee of the Mississippi delta and the role of the Corps: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1987/02/23/atchafalaya https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1987/02/23/atchafalaya
- sour-taste 4y agoJust wanted to say thanks for the recommendation. Excellent article though it took me a few days to finish.
- mturmon 4y ago"Atchafalaya" is one of four articles compiled into a book, The Control of Nature, that is also excellent. One other of the four that I remember from that book is about how erosion shapes the Los Angeles basin -- "Los Angeles Against the Mountains".
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