tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768183252588377439.post4833632377327794..comments2023-10-18T00:48:23.649-07:00Comments on WonderLust: I Love Maps >> I'M DYING THIS IS SO AMAZINGEliza Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860459352973621784noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768183252588377439.post-41206129978549833082010-07-07T12:36:13.326-07:002010-07-07T12:36:13.326-07:00I love these, too. I've always thought they l...I love these, too. I've always thought they look like someone threw a pile of ribbons on top of a map. The Corps of Engineers had a "tame and conquer" philosophy of the Mississippi for so long, because of its crazy fluctuations. They built a scale hydraulic model around the same time that they commissioned the maps:<br />http://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2010/01/mississippi-river-basin-model-jackson.htmlElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02376994576612040184noreply@blogger.com