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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... Letter from Hon . Will M. Whittington to the Chief of Engineers dated April 18 , 1935 , relative to flood control in the Mississippi River Valley .. Letter from Hon . Will M. Whittington to the Chief of Engineers dated April 27 , 1935 ...
... Letter from Hon . Will M. Whittington to the Chief of Engineers dated April 18 , 1935 , relative to flood control in the Mississippi River Valley .. Letter from Hon . Will M. Whittington to the Chief of Engineers dated April 27 , 1935 ...
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... letter of April 29 , 1935 , addressed by the Chief of Engineers to the chairman of this committee , and I will ask you to state whether you agree with it . I quote this statement from the letter : In other words , a given discharge ...
... letter of April 29 , 1935 , addressed by the Chief of Engineers to the chairman of this committee , and I will ask you to state whether you agree with it . I quote this statement from the letter : In other words , a given discharge ...
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... letter of April 29 , 1935 , with respect to the 26 reservoirs and with respect to the reservoir system , which would provide equivalent re- lief and protection " as will abrogate the necessity of fuse - plug levees and diversions from ...
... letter of April 29 , 1935 , with respect to the 26 reservoirs and with respect to the reservoir system , which would provide equivalent re- lief and protection " as will abrogate the necessity of fuse - plug levees and diversions from ...
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... letter of the Army engineers , and saying this fuse - plug levee , when the Army engi neer's letter was for the elimination of all cut - offs on the Mississippi River and all diversions . Mr. WHITTINGTON . I do not think I have ...
... letter of the Army engineers , and saying this fuse - plug levee , when the Army engi neer's letter was for the elimination of all cut - offs on the Mississippi River and all diversions . Mr. WHITTINGTON . I do not think I have ...
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... letter of April 29 , and I quote from the letter of the Chief of Engineers of April 29 , 1935 : With the present levee system at existing grades the escape of excess flood waters from the main river must be expected . To afford such ...
... letter of April 29 , and I quote from the letter of the Chief of Engineers of April 29 , 1935 : With the present levee system at existing grades the escape of excess flood waters from the main river must be expected . To afford such ...
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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