Comments on: Mississippi Basin Model http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/26/mississippi-basin-model/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:56:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Ned http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/26/mississippi-basin-model/#comment-179658 Ned Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:47:31 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/26/mississippi-basin-model/#comment-179658 Thanks, James, for the post. I figured the submittal was long-forgotten. The model was "donated" to the City of Jackson back in the 1980s by the Corps of Engineers, as it was deemed too expensive to maintain. The city apparently agrees, as the model now sits abandoned and overgrown. Quite sad. The racetrack and airfield are part of a city park that has been put in around the model...for go-carts and remote-controlled airplanes. Seems the theme of miniaturization has survived the decades! Thanks, James, for the post. I figured the submittal was long-forgotten.

The model was “donated” to the City of Jackson back in the 1980s by the Corps of Engineers, as it was deemed too expensive to maintain. The city apparently agrees, as the model now sits abandoned and overgrown. Quite sad.

The racetrack and airfield are part of a city park that has been put in around the model…for go-carts and remote-controlled airplanes. Seems the theme of miniaturization has survived the decades!

]]> By: Chet http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/26/mississippi-basin-model/#comment-179365 Chet Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:52:21 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/26/mississippi-basin-model/#comment-179365 Some photos <a href="http://chl.erdc.usace.army.mil/chl.aspx?p=s&a=ARTICLES!681" rel="nofollow">here</a>, the second one really shows the detail. Some photos here, the second one really shows the detail.

]]> By: Adrian http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/26/mississippi-basin-model/#comment-179162 Adrian Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:33:11 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/26/mississippi-basin-model/#comment-179162 Hmm, and does that "Sewage Lagoon" to the north-west simulate the ecological state of the gulf? ;-) Hmm, and does that “Sewage Lagoon” to the north-west simulate the ecological state of the gulf? ;-)

]]> By: Pat http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/26/mississippi-basin-model/#comment-179148 Pat Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:30:30 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/26/mississippi-basin-model/#comment-179148 So what, then, is up with the miniature race track and airfield just to the east? ...To evacuate the miniature people in case of a flood?! :) pat :) So what, then, is up with the miniature race track and airfield just to the east?

…To evacuate the miniature people in case of a flood?! :)

pat
:)

]]> By: James http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/26/mississippi-basin-model/#comment-179144 James Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:16:57 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/26/mississippi-basin-model/#comment-179144 @Herb: That's weird, it seems to be linking the right place now? However, you make a good point: <a href="http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/08/29/mud-island-island-week-2/" rel="nofollow">Mud island</a>'s model is also worth a look. @Wayne: I think that, despite being a larger scale, it's a model of a physically smaller original, so the model is smaller. Or something. Who knows! @Herb: That’s weird, it seems to be linking the right place now? However, you make a good point: Mud island’s model is also worth a look.

@Wayne: I think that, despite being a larger scale, it’s a model of a physically smaller original, so the model is smaller. Or something. Who knows!

]]> By: Wayne http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/26/mississippi-basin-model/#comment-179107 Wayne Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:07:52 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/26/mississippi-basin-model/#comment-179107 Interestingly enough, the US Army Corps of Engineers' San Francisco Bay model (http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc/ or http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=bay+model+sausalito&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=48.287373,81.738281&ie=UTF8&ll=37.86375,-122.494726&spn=0.005921,0.009978&t=k&z=17&om=1) is at a horizontal scale of 1:1000. Does that make it a larger small-scale working model? The Mississippi basin model is probably physically bigger, but not as much detail. Interestingly enough, the US Army Corps of Engineers’ San Francisco Bay model (http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc/ or Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth) is at a horizontal scale of 1:1000. Does that make it a larger small-scale working model? The Mississippi basin model is probably physically bigger, but not as much detail.

]]> By: Herb Stark http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/26/mississippi-basin-model/#comment-179098 Herb Stark Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:01:34 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/26/mississippi-basin-model/#comment-179098 Great picture. This is a neat model of the Mississippi River. But it is located at Memphis Tennessee on Mud Island between Tennessee and Arkansas. The state of Mississippi is quite a few miles South of this location. Grins Herb Great picture. This is a neat model of the Mississippi River. But it is located at Memphis Tennessee on Mud Island between Tennessee and Arkansas. The state of Mississippi is quite a few miles South of this location.

Grins Herb

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