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<br />THE WEIL.AND ENGINEERING CO. <br />DENVER. PU EBLO . CANON CITY <br /> <br />SUBJECT <br /> <br />FLORENCE FLOOD PROTECTION <br /> <br />Ir.XHIIIIT <br /> <br />The methoc.s of flood control and prevention are munerous and of varying <br /> <br />degree of ",ructical'illty exter.liinf" fro!TI reforestation, retard.ing basins, <br /> <br />levees, chanr.el chan[,"€s etc., to tilC a.dJT!ittedly absllrd idea of installin/! <br /> <br />boilers for the evaporation of excess waters. The conditIons peculiar to the <br /> <br />different sections 0: the country determioo the degree of practicability <br /> <br />of any one or more of these :'Dany solutions for it is usually a combination <br /> <br />of one main pl2n with others subsidiary thereto that forms the most sui table <br /> <br />program. For instance, we would not consic.er levees as the best flood con- <br /> <br />trol pla~' for the strea>r.s of Cnlifornic d t,-, their violently chant:ing grad- <br /> <br />ients and their torrential flow any !TIore than it would be advisable to build <br /> <br />impeding reservoirs along th,~ iHssissi!l"I River. However, a combination of <br /> <br />the two might prove effecti're in both cases. It is therefore wi th this idea <br /> <br />in view that v:e hove tried to investir;8te several solutions for each creel{ <br /> <br />under consideration and effeet a combination which will prove practical, <br /> <br />adequate, always effective and at a reas(lnable cost.. <br /> <br />After a close and detailed study of the conditions Bffectinc Florence's <br /> <br />problem there appear only tv:o combinations t)'l1t can best take care of the <br /> <br />situatlon. Both of these arel combinatIons affecting onl;, Sand Creel<: and <br /> <br />Dry Creel<:. Oa!{ Creek becausE' of its topographlc",l isol:otion from the other <br /> <br />two presents its O\"n problem, tLe solution of whIch will a',pear the same <br /> <br />in both combinations. On I:rawinl': 1;0, 1 I~; s.hown a [eneral layout of the <br /> <br />nU!Tlerous plans investigated and their relative locution to eaoh other as <br /> <br />well as to the WV:ll 0:' FlorcncG. -erev:l.n@; 110, 2 gives a rerresentation of <br /> <br />the possible solutions fallinI': within tl1e limits of the conservancy district. <br /> <br />(.J <br />