Great Chicago Flood
Description
This episode of The New Explorers follows the Army Corps of Engineers as they use two simple algebra equations and the latest technology to stop the floodwaters that devastated the city of Chicago in April,1992, bringing the nation's third largest city to a halt.
Runtime
23 min
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2011], c1998
Database
Films on Demand
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