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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... height . It was decided that an increase of approximately 3 feet in existing levee heights below Arkansas City was about as much as was desirable . This limitation called for the escape during the maximum probable flood of 1,000,000 ...
... height . It was decided that an increase of approximately 3 feet in existing levee heights below Arkansas City was about as much as was desirable . This limitation called for the escape during the maximum probable flood of 1,000,000 ...
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... heights at Arkansas City from 8 to 12 feet . Mr. ALLEN . Judge , you must remember that a cut - off is a local proposition . I understand that General Ferguson only suggests a maximum reduction at Arkansas City of 22 feet- The CHAIRMAN ...
... heights at Arkansas City from 8 to 12 feet . Mr. ALLEN . Judge , you must remember that a cut - off is a local proposition . I understand that General Ferguson only suggests a maximum reduction at Arkansas City of 22 feet- The CHAIRMAN ...
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... heights at Vicksburg and Arkansas City , and all the way down . Mr. ALLEN . We hope so . The CHAIRMAN . And with reservoir construction on the White and Arkansas Rivers , except in the ease of a superflood , the water might be carried ...
... heights at Vicksburg and Arkansas City , and all the way down . Mr. ALLEN . We hope so . The CHAIRMAN . And with reservoir construction on the White and Arkansas Rivers , except in the ease of a superflood , the water might be carried ...
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... height of Arkansas City , or the highest elevation of the river there , prior to the flood of 1927 ? Mr. ALLEN . It ... heights on the Mississippi River from the date you gave , 1897 , down to 1927 ? Mr. ALLEN . The gradual closing of ...
... height of Arkansas City , or the highest elevation of the river there , prior to the flood of 1927 ? Mr. ALLEN . It ... heights on the Mississippi River from the date you gave , 1897 , down to 1927 ? Mr. ALLEN . The gradual closing of ...
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... heights down the river , say , at Arkansas City , to a point where you would be reasonably guaranteed against future floods in the Mississippi River at Greenville and Arkansas City ? Mr. ALLEN . You are leaving out the time element ...
... heights down the river , say , at Arkansas City , to a point where you would be reasonably guaranteed against future floods in the Mississippi River at Greenville and Arkansas City ? Mr. ALLEN . You are leaving out the time element ...
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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