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Scope and Contents The USACE, New Orleans District appointed Kemp as the industrial archaeologist on the project to preserve the Bonnet Carré Spillway in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. Kemp evaluated whether the spillway should be nominated for the NRHP, and Kemp later published his research as the monograph, “Stemming the Tide: Design and Operation of the Bonnet Carré Spillway and Floodway” as part of the Essays in Public Works History series. The box includes drafts of the monograph, reports, correspondence,...