Mississippi River at Vicksburg.

Tompre

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Vicksburg Miss.
Overlay showing the course of the river during the siege and the present course. Overlay by Mr Paul Ingram.
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Great image.

Three words: Yazoo Diversion Canal.

In 1878, the city appealed to the government for assistance in restoring its port area. An extensive study of port restoration by the Corps of Engineers resulted in a massive undertaking that diverted the Yazoo River south through the former bed of the Mississippi River. The Yazoo River Diversion Project, along with other stabilization projects, took 25 years to complete. On January 7, 1903, the city of Vicksburg officially opened the diversion canal and started to reassert herself as a river city.

http://www.vicksburg.org/history?start=5


 
This photo also shows that a good bit of the old bed of the River, where Whistling Dick might be buried, might be on dry ground. Is that ground public or private land?
the strip of land between the canal and Lake Centennial is public. It is made up of the materials that were dredged up to make the canal. Each time the canal is dredged, more is added.
 
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