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HISTORY LESSON
| 题名： | HISTORY LESSON |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | LESLIE NEMO |
| 摘要： | It took four days in 1913 for the future of the Miami Valley in Ohio to change forever. Starting on March 23, roughly 10 in. of rain fell on ground that was already saturated from melting snow and ice. The stretch of the Great Miami River meandering through the southwestern part of the state began to overflow, flooding a constellation of surrounding cities. More than 360 people died and property damage exceeded $100 million ($3 billion in today s economy), according to the Miami Conservancy District website. "A large share of the blame for the resulting damage must be laid to man ... because of the entire absence of any comprehensive engineering works built for the prevention of such damage by floods," wrote A.H. Horton and H.J. Jackson in the 1918 U.S. Geological Survey report, "The Ohio Valley Flood of March-April, 1913," which assessed the outcome of the flooding. Ohio towns like Hamilton and Piqua organized individual construction programs within days of the disaster. Dayton did too, creating a flood prevention committee on May 2, 1913. Led by local industrialists John Patterson and Edward Deeds, the organization fundraised $2 million, part of which was to be spent on an engineer. |
| 出版年： | 2023 |
| 期刊名称： | Civil Engineering |
| 卷： | 93 |
| 期： | 6 |
| 页码： | 40-44 |
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