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Pendleton Levee Failure
In the fall of 1939 the Vicksburg Engineer District was forced to construct a setback levee along the south bank of the Arkansas River near Pendleton, Ark. At one point the proposed levee, known as the Pendleton New Levee, crosses Lake. Lenox, a shallow body of water which was formerly the channel of the Arkansas River. Foundation investigations revealed that the levee would be underlain by extremely soft clay at the lake crossing. Calculations of sections required to insure stability showed that the most economical procedure would be to displace the clay. In view of this fact, construction of the levee p resented an excellent opportunity for securing data concerning a foundation failure.
Pendleton Levee Failure
In the fall of 1939 the Vicksburg Engineer District was forced to construct a setback levee along the south bank of the Arkansas River near Pendleton, Ark. At one point the proposed levee, known as the Pendleton New Levee, crosses Lake. Lenox, a shallow body of water which was formerly the channel of the Arkansas River. Foundation investigations revealed that the levee would be underlain by extremely soft clay at the lake crossing. Calculations of sections required to insure stability showed that the most economical procedure would be to displace the clay. In view of this fact, construction of the levee p resented an excellent opportunity for securing data concerning a foundation failure.
Pendleton Levee Failure
Fields, Kenneth E. (author) / Wells, William L. (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 109 ; 1400-1413
2021-01-01
141944-01-01 pages
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| Engineering Index Backfile | 1942
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