I came to the Pacific Northwest a day early to tour the Fort Worth Central City - Trinity River scale hydrology model before its dismantling at the conclusion of testing later this year.
(Note from Kevin: The Fort Worth Central City Hydrology Model is a 40:1 scale model of the Trinity River after reconfiguration by the Trinity River Vision, which allows water flow testing of the bypass channel, town lake, and other aspects of the design. It is in Richmond, BC near the Vancouver Airport. Joel’s tour guide is Ken Christison of Northwest Hydraulic Consultants. The video is in two parts and hosted by Vimeo.)
Fort Worth Central City Hydrology Model tour - Pt 1 from Joel Burns on Vimeo.
Fort Worth Central City Hydrology Tour - Pt 2 from Joel Burns on Vimeo.
On to Seattle…
Joel Burns
I wish they could have built the model somewhere in Fort Worth so that it could be on display. Its a shame they are going to dismantle it!
One of the floors of the T&P Warehouse would be about the right size…
Maybe I’ve missed something. It seems they have done a great job of planning for flood events and have done everything to understand how the diversion is going to improve the cities flood protect. My question is, with the diversion channel and the plan of the urban lake, have there been any studies at to how water levels will be affected during periods of prolonged drought. I love this project but I fear the lake becoming a dry hole while both the natural river and diversion channel become narrow and shallow.