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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... crest stages and flows of 13 White River and 13 Arkansas River reservoirs set up in comprehensive report of December 15 , 1934 --- Letter from Hon . Will M. Whittington to the Chief of Engineers dated April 18 , 1935 , relative to flood ...
... crest stages and flows of 13 White River and 13 Arkansas River reservoirs set up in comprehensive report of December 15 , 1934 --- Letter from Hon . Will M. Whittington to the Chief of Engineers dated April 18 , 1935 , relative to flood ...
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... crest elevation is such that stages which exceed 60.5 feet on the Arkansas City gage will overtop it . * In the 1927 flood the levees were overtopped and broken at a stage of 60.5 feet on the Arkansas City gage . It has been carefully ...
... crest elevation is such that stages which exceed 60.5 feet on the Arkansas City gage will overtop it . * In the 1927 flood the levees were overtopped and broken at a stage of 60.5 feet on the Arkansas City gage . It has been carefully ...
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... crest of a flood should be lower above the cut - off . Below the cut - off the crest would not be lowered . It is not known quantitatively exactly what the effect of these cut - offs will be on crest stages . Mr. ALLEN . That is ...
... crest of a flood should be lower above the cut - off . Below the cut - off the crest would not be lowered . It is not known quantitatively exactly what the effect of these cut - offs will be on crest stages . Mr. ALLEN . That is ...
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... crest of a flood below the cut - offs , will not be materially affected . Mr. ALLEN . The tendency will be upwards . Mr. DEAR . How many cut - offs are contemplated below Greenville , or between Greenville and Vicksburg ? Mr. ALLEN . At ...
... crest of a flood below the cut - offs , will not be materially affected . Mr. ALLEN . The tendency will be upwards . Mr. DEAR . How many cut - offs are contemplated below Greenville , or between Greenville and Vicksburg ? Mr. ALLEN . At ...
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... crest stages , below the cut - off stretch , for a 1927 flood confined correspond to 64.9 and for a superflood crest correspond to 68.9 . Both of these hypothetically confined stages would therefore be above the existing levee grades ...
... crest stages , below the cut - off stretch , for a 1927 flood confined correspond to 64.9 and for a superflood crest correspond to 68.9 . Both of these hypothetically confined stages would therefore be above the existing levee grades ...
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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