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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... fuse plug . Its 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 ...
... fuse plug . Its 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 ...
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... fuse - plug levee and Boeuf Basin , that you spoke about , I will ask you to state for . the benefit of the committee what would be the result if the fuse - plug levee , without the Eudora Floodway , or the equivalent of the Eudora ...
... fuse - plug levee and Boeuf Basin , that you spoke about , I will ask you to state for . the benefit of the committee what would be the result if the fuse - plug levee , without the Eudora Floodway , or the equivalent of the Eudora ...
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... fuse - plug line . I really could not say what is the length of the existing fuse - plug . All I have considered was the original fuse - plug , from the Arkansas down to the landing . You know about that . The CHAIRMAN . Yes . Mr. ALLEN ...
... fuse - plug line . I really could not say what is the length of the existing fuse - plug . All I have considered was the original fuse - plug , from the Arkansas down to the landing . You know about that . The CHAIRMAN . Yes . Mr. ALLEN ...
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... fuse - plug levee and the set - back levee that they built . They should be compensated also . Mr. ALLEN . Yes . Mr. ZIMMERMAN . You spoke of the flood of 1929 at Arkansas City and Greenville : how much lower was that flood than the ...
... fuse - plug levee and the set - back levee that they built . They should be compensated also . Mr. ALLEN . Yes . Mr. ZIMMERMAN . You spoke of the flood of 1929 at Arkansas City and Greenville : how much lower was that flood than the ...
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... fuse - plug area in the Boeuf Basin , and , in that connection , it was provided that guide levees should be constructed . As to that part , if it was an obligation or contract on the part of the Government , is it not true that the ...
... fuse - plug area in the Boeuf Basin , and , in that connection , it was provided that guide levees should be constructed . As to that part , if it was an obligation or contract on the part of the Government , is it not true that the ...
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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