The Chesapeake Bay Hydraulic Model, the largest indoor hydraulics model in the world, and which is now abandoned and decaying, was the subject of an installation prepared by the CLUI. The exhibit, entitled Model of Decay, was on display at The Center's Los Angeles exhibit hall, from March 20 to April 30, 1998, and featured photographs of the model as it appears today in its abandoned and degraded state, as well as historic photographs of the model in its construction and operation phases, and artifacts from the model itself.

The Chesapeake Bay Hydraulic Model was constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers in the late 1970's, to model the fluid dynamics of the Chesapeake Bay, one of the most complex estuaries in the country.

The Chesapeake Bay Model is contained in this warehouse, on Kent Island, Maryland. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station photo