hi duncan
the area around bridge is highest ground in the area
would not have flooded but the south yard would have
bill ewinger
--- Duncan Cameron <d.cameron@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Bill,
> Thanks for the post about flooding in Keokuk. I'm
> assuming the flood
> protection is along the shore. The only part of the
> shore I'm modelling is
> at the bridge and perhaps a bit near the south end
> of the yard. Any
> suggestions on how things have changed near the
> bridge?
> Duncan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "b_ewinger" <b_ewinger@yahoo.com>
> To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 9:45 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] K-LINE TRACKAGE
>
>
> > HI ALL
> >
> > for those of you how are modeling the northern end
> of K-line between
> > Quincy and Burlington you need to remeber that in
> the cbq days there
> > was not the flood protection in place like there
> is today yet the
> > K-line trackage will be closed by the weekend due
> to high water on the
> > mississippi at Alexandria Mo.10:00am reading in
> Keokuk was 11.8 flood
> > stage at Keokuk is 16.0 the crest is due sunday
> afternoon at 18.2.the
> > tracks at Alexandria become cover at 16.2.after
> the 1993 there waas a
> > large flood wall protection system put in place so
> the yard no longer
> > floods out but looking at the old pictrues of
> Keokuk yard there was no
> > protection so every spring of high water the yards
> there would flood out.
> > Bill Ewinger
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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