Flood Control in the Mississippi Valley: Hearings Before the Committee on Flood Control, House of Representatives, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, on a Plan to Modify and Extend the Project for Flood Control and Improvement of the Mississippi River Authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1928. April 1 to 13, 1935. Supplement |
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... chief engineer Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners , Greenville , Miss .. Bradford , J. W. , president Yazoo - Mississippi Delta Levee Board , Clarksdale , Miss__ Buie , H. A. , Winnsboro , La Calhoun , L. M. , Gilbert , La ...
... chief engineer Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners , Greenville , Miss .. Bradford , J. W. , president Yazoo - Mississippi Delta Levee Board , Clarksdale , Miss__ Buie , H. A. , Winnsboro , La Calhoun , L. M. , Gilbert , La ...
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... Chief of Engineers . It seems now that it is being seriously urged that reservoirs on the Arkansas and the White be substituted for the principle , en- dorsed by every one of the great Army engineers who have been in charge of the river ...
... Chief of Engineers . It seems now that it is being seriously urged that reservoirs on the Arkansas and the White be substituted for the principle , en- dorsed by every one of the great Army engineers who have been in charge of the river ...
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... Chief of Engineers , in his direct testimony to the committee , stated that the river between Lake Providence and the mouth of the Arkansas River , in case of a super flood , must be relieved of approximately 1,000,000 cubic feet of ...
... Chief of Engineers , in his direct testimony to the committee , stated that the river between Lake Providence and the mouth of the Arkansas River , in case of a super flood , must be relieved of approximately 1,000,000 cubic feet of ...
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... engineers on that , and you have there their report . I feel , just as a lot of other people feel , that it just ... Chief of Engineers that it would be more satisfactory , both to the local interests 6 FLOOD CONTROL IN THE MISSISSIPPI ...
... engineers on that , and you have there their report . I feel , just as a lot of other people feel , that it just ... Chief of Engineers that it would be more satisfactory , both to the local interests 6 FLOOD CONTROL IN THE MISSISSIPPI ...
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... Chief of Engineers acquire . lands and pay for any damages sustained , then , would the narrow floodway , with the controlling diversion at bank full stage , be prac- ticable and satisfactory to you ? Mr. ALLEN . Yes , sir ; with all of ...
... Chief of Engineers acquire . lands and pay for any damages sustained , then , would the narrow floodway , with the controlling diversion at bank full stage , be prac- ticable and satisfactory to you ? Mr. ALLEN . Yes , sir ; with all of ...
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151 reservoirs 26 reservoirs acres additional factor adopted project ALLEN April 29 Arkansas and White Arkansas City gage Arkansas River Army engineers assessed value bank believe Boeuf Basin break BUIE build CARLSON Carroll CHAIRMAN Chief of Engineers committee compensation confined Congress construction crest stages cubic feet cut-offs Cypress Creek damage Delta district diversion effect Eudora spillway factor of safety favor feet at Arkansas FERGUSON FITZ-HUGH Flood Control Act flood heights flowage rights Franklin Parish fuse fuse-plug levee fuseplug gentlemen going Government grade and section Greenville guide levees Jadwin plan KELLNER land letter levee grade Louisiana lower Mississippi River Madison Parish Markham plan MARTIN MCCLELLAN miles Mississippi River Commission Mississippi side overflow Parish plug problem question RANSDELL recommended Red Rivers reduction reservoir report second-feet SHERROUSE statement STONE superflood Tensas Tensas Parish tion Vicksburg White and Arkansas White Rivers WHITTINGTON ZIMMERMAN