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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... 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 cubic feet per second and the topography of the valley required ...
... 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 cubic feet per second and the topography of the valley required ...
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... feet . The Eudora floodway carries more than that . At the same time , in 1927 , if I am not mistaken , they blew ... second - feet . That is my recollection . Mr. MCCLELLAN . Is that what they propose to carry by both the Eudora and the ...
... feet . The Eudora floodway carries more than that . At the same time , in 1927 , if I am not mistaken , they blew ... second - feet . That is my recollection . Mr. MCCLELLAN . Is that what they propose to carry by both the Eudora and the ...
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... second - feet was sup- posed to be carried by the Boeuf Spillway . Mr. ALLEN . That was the engineer's original estimate . Mr. MCCLELLAN . That was estimated to carry 900,000 cubic feet , with 35 miles of fuse - plug levee . Now you ...
... second - feet was sup- posed to be carried by the Boeuf Spillway . Mr. ALLEN . That was the engineer's original estimate . Mr. MCCLELLAN . That was estimated to carry 900,000 cubic feet , with 35 miles of fuse - plug levee . Now you ...
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... feet on the Arkansas City gage is assumed to exist below the cut - off stretch , then the estimated stage of a 1927 ... second - feet , which would represent about 4 feet which would still leave you about 632 or 64 feet at Arkansas City ...
... feet on the Arkansas City gage is assumed to exist below the cut - off stretch , then the estimated stage of a 1927 ... second - feet , which would represent about 4 feet which would still leave you about 632 or 64 feet at Arkansas City ...
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... feet and carrying it further down stream , what protection does the fuse - plug levee give to Mississippi ? That is ... second - feet and that would reduce your height down to about 64 feet and it would still be a foot and a half above ...
... feet and carrying it further down stream , what protection does the fuse - plug levee give to Mississippi ? That is ... second - feet and that would reduce your height down to about 64 feet and it would still be a foot and a half above ...
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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