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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... reduction at Arkansas City of 22 feet- The CHAIRMAN . The cut - offs have shortened the channel for over 70 miles , to the Red River . Mr. ALLEN . I am speaking with reference to Arkansas City . There are a group of bends immediately ...
... reduction at Arkansas City of 22 feet- The CHAIRMAN . The cut - offs have shortened the channel for over 70 miles , to the Red River . Mr. ALLEN . I am speaking with reference to Arkansas City . There are a group of bends immediately ...
Page 22
... reduction in flow at Arkansas City at peak stages of from 330,000 to 365,000 second - feet corre- sponding to a reduction of crest stages of extraordinary floods , if confined , of from 4 feet to 4.2 feet ; and that the use of such ...
... reduction in flow at Arkansas City at peak stages of from 330,000 to 365,000 second - feet corre- sponding to a reduction of crest stages of extraordinary floods , if confined , of from 4 feet to 4.2 feet ; and that the use of such ...
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... reduction in gages as the result of cut - offs , I direct your attention to this statement by Gen- eral Ferguson , as shown by the manuscript , page 1230 , of the hear- ings on this bill . How much lowering ? I hesitate to say . The ...
... reduction in gages as the result of cut - offs , I direct your attention to this statement by Gen- eral Ferguson , as shown by the manuscript , page 1230 , of the hear- ings on this bill . How much lowering ? I hesitate to say . The ...
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... reduction in flow at Arkan- sas City at peak stages of from 330,000 to 365,000 second - feet corresponding to a reduction of crest stages of extraordinary floods , if continued , of from 4 feet to 4.2 feet ; and that the use of such ...
... reduction in flow at Arkan- sas City at peak stages of from 330,000 to 365,000 second - feet corresponding to a reduction of crest stages of extraordinary floods , if continued , of from 4 feet to 4.2 feet ; and that the use of such ...
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... reducing the flood crest . at that point 4 feet , or 4.2 feet- Mr. STONE . What was the 151 ? Where did that get into the picture ? Mr. MCCLELLAN . That was dealing with the superflood and deal- ing with the theory of the improbability ...
... reducing the flood crest . at that point 4 feet , or 4.2 feet- Mr. STONE . What was the 151 ? Where did that get into the picture ? Mr. MCCLELLAN . That was dealing with the superflood and deal- ing with the theory of the improbability ...
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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