Author: United States. Engineers CorpsPublisher:
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Kentucky River and Tributaries, Kentucky
Author: United States. Engineers CorpsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Kentucky River and Tributaries, Kentucky
Author: United States. Army. Office of the Chief of EngineersPublisher:
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Category : Kentucky River (Ky.)
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
The Kentucky River Navigation
Author: Mary VerhoeffPublisher:
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Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Throughout the Southern Appalachians the topography of the river basins is so closely related to the economic life of the people that the geographer and geologist, the historian and sociologist find here a meeting round. To all of them, there is offered a vast, unexploited field for intensive investigation. The Kentucky River is in many respects a typical stream of the region. It is of national significance in that the United States Government has expended large sums for its improvement, and must provide for the maintenance of the slack-water system now almost completed.
Kentucky River and Tributaries
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Louisville DistrictPublisher:
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Category : Aids to navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
The Kentucky River
Author: William E. EllisPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813189896
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A sweeping cultural history, The Kentucky River reflects the rich tapestry of life along the banks. Flowing with tales of river ghosts and hidden treasures lying in the backwaters, the book records the myths and events the river has spawned. Bill Ellis also celebrates the Kentucky's influence on such figures as writer Wendell Berry and painter Paul Sawyier. Beginning with an intriguing overview of the river's formation and characteristics, Ellis shows how the stream has helped shape Kentucky's environment, economy, and political culture. In centuries past, flotillas of flatboats carried whiskey, pork, and valuable raw materials downriver to markets in Louisiana. Later, the river became a source of entertainment as showboats brought theater, movies, music, and dancing to otherwise isolated communities. The book describes the environmental impact of settlement, logging, mining, and industrialization, developments that have sometimes tainted the Kentucky's mighty waters with silt, sewage, and trash. In the last thirty years, however, Kentuckians have come together in major efforts to clean and preserve the Kentucky's waters and the life along its banks. Advocates for the river achieved a victory in protecting the stunning Kentucky River Palisades between Boonesborough and Frankfort, and efforts continue to preserve the irreplaceable river for future generations.
Kentucky River and Tributaries, Disposition Report
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Louisville DistrictPublisher:
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Category : Kentucky River (Ky.)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Kentucky Rivers Assessment
Author: The Surface Waters of Kentucky
Author: Warren Raymond KingPublisher:
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Category : Ohio River
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Kentucky River and Tributaries. Upper Kentucky River Navigation Project. Volume 1. Main Report
Author: ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT LOUISVILLE KY.Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Use of the Upper Kentucky River locks is limited to recreation boating, which has declined approximately 50 percent over the period, 1970-1978. Economic analysis indicates that continued operation of Locks and Dams 5-14 does not appear to be justified. From a sociopolitical viewpoint, the project at present benefits 13 communities (324,000 people) for municipal and industrial water supply; benefits 590,000 people per year for recreation and boating; benefits 1,500 per year through hydroelectric power. The local and state support for continuation of locking and other project functions is extremely strong, emotional and vocal. Cessation of locking would adversely affect the regional economy in terms of 17 lost part-time and full-time job opportunities and $180,000 loss in direct income and wages. It is recommended that the Upper Kentucky River (Locks 5-14) remain open for the interim period 1981 through 1985 pending completion of a more comprehensive basinwide study. (Author).
Kentucky River and Tributaries. Upper Kentucky River Navigation Project. Volume 2. Public Involvement Record
Author: ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT LOUISVILLE KY.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Use of the Upper Kentucky River locks is limited to recreation boating, which has declined approximately 50 percent over the period, 1970-1978. Economic analysis indicates that continued operation of Locks and Dams 5-14 does not appear to be justified. From a sociopolitical viewpoint, the project at present benefits 13 communities (324,000 people) for municipal and industrial water supply; benefits 590,000 people per year for recreation and boating; benefits 1,500 per year through hydroelectric power. The local and state support for continuation of locking and other project functions is extremely strong, emotional and vocal. Cessation of locking would adversely affect the regional economy in terms of 17 lost part-time and full-time job opportunities and $180,000 loss in direct income and wages. It is recommended that the Upper Kentucky River (Locks 5-14) remain open for the interim period 1981 through 1985 pending completion of a more comprehensive basinwide study. (Author).