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On our flight from Memphis, TN to Iowa City, IA, today, we were
diverted around the Lindbergh MOA. This took us over the small town of Kennett, MO, which brought us over a pretty amazing sight. Just east of the Kennett Airport (KTKX) there is (what looks for all the world like) a "freeway canal" -- with multiple lanes! It stretches from horizon to horizon, with four "lanes" of canals, each with elevated solid ground between them. Here is a Google Map satellite image of the canals. (It's that impossibly straight, multi-lane line on the right side of the picture.) http://tinyurl.com/yryfxc From our lofty perch at 7500 feet, we couldn't tell if the land between "lanes" contained roads (for tractors to pull barges?) -- but there was NO visible boat traffic. It appeared that only two of the "lanes" were still dredged and navigable, but no one was using them when we flew over. I've done some searching around the internet, and can find nothing about this remarkable engineering feat. This thing must've taken years to build -- yet I've never heard anything about it. Was it really a "two-way" highway for boats? Why would they go to all the work of making multiple lane canals, rather than just one wide one? Can any pilots from the Show-Me State shed any light on this? Thanks! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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