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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... carried in the main river between levees of reasonable height . It was decided that an increase of approximately 3 ... carrying out of certain condi- tions incorporated therein . We did this and have expended of levee board moneys ...
... carried in the main river between levees of reasonable height . It was decided that an increase of approximately 3 ... carrying out of certain condi- tions incorporated therein . We did this and have expended of levee board moneys ...
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... carry the flood peak lower down the river ? Mr. ALLEN . I think it is correct to say cut - offs will carry flood peaks lower down the river . The theory of the Army engineers , as well as of all of us who have been associated with it ...
... carry the flood peak lower down the river ? Mr. ALLEN . I think it is correct to say cut - offs will carry flood peaks lower down the river . The theory of the Army engineers , as well as of all of us who have been associated with it ...
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... carried in the main channel of the Mississippi River , or it might be done even in the case of a superflood . Mr. ALLEN . I am not subscribing to that . I believe it is hard to have a campaign of antagonism to reservoirs ; but , in my ...
... carried in the main channel of the Mississippi River , or it might be done even in the case of a superflood . Mr. ALLEN . I am not subscribing to that . I believe it is hard to have a campaign of antagonism to reservoirs ; but , in my ...
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... carry out the project . Mr. ALLEN . I do not subscribe altogether to your statement . Mis- sissippi needs protection ... carried out , or if they were adopted and made the law , the plan could never be executed , and we would still ...
... carry out the project . Mr. ALLEN . I do not subscribe altogether to your statement . Mis- sissippi needs protection ... carried out , or if they were adopted and made the law , the plan could never be executed , and we would still ...
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... carried nothing like 750,000 cubic feet . Ex- perience shows that those breaks carry between 5000,000 and 6000,000 cubic feet . Mr. MCCLELLAN . As an engineer , will you tell us how much water will pass out of the fuse - plug levee when ...
... carried nothing like 750,000 cubic feet . Ex- perience shows that those breaks carry between 5000,000 and 6000,000 cubic feet . Mr. MCCLELLAN . As an engineer , will you tell us how much water will pass out of the fuse - plug levee when ...
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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