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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... construction on the Mississippi River and control works for 40 years . Mr. ALLEN . Yes . Mr. WHITTINGTON . What is the situation , if there should be a break on the Mississippi side of the river , as to its being followed by a break on ...
... construction on the Mississippi River and control works for 40 years . Mr. ALLEN . Yes . Mr. WHITTINGTON . What is the situation , if there should be a break on the Mississippi side of the river , as to its being followed by a break on ...
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... construction on the White and Arkansas Rivers , except in the ease of a superflood , the water might be 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 ...
... construction on the White and Arkansas Rivers , except in the ease of a superflood , the water might be 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 ...
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... construction of it until all of the local opposition has subsided , and they are work- ing together in harmony . In other words , until all the property has been acquired by the local interests , nothing will be done . You heard him ...
... construction of it until all of the local opposition has subsided , and they are work- ing together in harmony . In other words , until all the property has been acquired by the local interests , nothing will be done . You heard him ...
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... construction of reservoirs , a flood like that of 1927 could be safely passed , and that led to the theory in this com- mittee of raising the fuse plug to the section and grade of 1928 . Mr. ALLEN . I did not hear that testimony , and I ...
... construction of reservoirs , a flood like that of 1927 could be safely passed , and that led to the theory in this com- mittee of raising the fuse plug to the section and grade of 1928 . Mr. ALLEN . I did not hear that testimony , and I ...
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... construction purposes . But the engineers told us , and we were told and constantly re- minded by our very definite experiences , that some additional factor of safety was necessary . Then , after those experiences , when we began to ...
... construction purposes . But the engineers told us , and we were told and constantly re- minded by our very definite experiences , that some additional factor of safety was necessary . Then , after those experiences , when we began to ...
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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