Not to belabor the point, but on any given day the river basin now fills to many times the volume of water on a typical day before locks, dams and dredging, flood walls and levee reinforcements. The consequence has been the drowning of virtually all meanders and switchhbacks and all near stream flood plains, sand bars and a significant volume of the island intrusions into the river. The river no longer runs around the islands, particularly during low volume flow. Many islands and sand bars, now drowned or removed, would have been approachable by dry land during low volume flow. The unobstructed portions of the Platte River would be a comparison. However, this picture would have been highly variable at different locations on the upper and lower portions of the river. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Ferguson" <ferg@ntelos.net> To: <OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 4:36 AM Subject: [OHBELMON] The Brown Collection > The Brown Collection is a great bunch of photos, with many including shots > of the Ohio River at Wheeling...you might try those. I don't, however, > think the river 'looked' much different before the locks went in, except > in > times of extremity....like, when the water was low due to lack of rain, OR > when it was up, due to excess rain upstream. In general, the topography > of > the river is unchanged. > > http://wheeling.weirton.lib.wv.us/history/photos/brown/BROWN.HTM > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHBELMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/784 - Release Date: 5/1/2007 > 2:57 PM > >