Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, on Civil Works Activities, Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1955 - Civil engineering |
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... commerce of the United States continued at relatively high intensity during 1954 , although some decline was experienced from the preceding year , particularly on the Great Lakes where there was a temporary leveling off of industrial ...
... commerce of the United States continued at relatively high intensity during 1954 , although some decline was experienced from the preceding year , particularly on the Great Lakes where there was a temporary leveling off of industrial ...
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... commerce . The availability and use of water transportation have lowered prices by keeping the overall transpor- tation bill of the Nation low , and has thus benefited all of the people , whether they live , work or operate businesses ...
... commerce . The availability and use of water transportation have lowered prices by keeping the overall transpor- tation bill of the Nation low , and has thus benefited all of the people , whether they live , work or operate businesses ...
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... Commerce and Health , Education and Welfare and by the Director of the Budget on an " ad hoc " basis . During the fiscal year the Corps of Engineers furnished information and views to the committee's staff concerning basic policies ...
... Commerce and Health , Education and Welfare and by the Director of the Budget on an " ad hoc " basis . During the fiscal year the Corps of Engineers furnished information and views to the committee's staff concerning basic policies ...
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... Commerce , Maritime Administration , 1955-56 ( allocated working fund to Corps of Engineers , Civil ) . Operating Expenses , Coast Guard ( allocated working fund to Corps of Engineers , Civil ) . Salaries and Expenses , Maritime ...
... Commerce , Maritime Administration , 1955-56 ( allocated working fund to Corps of Engineers , Civil ) . Operating Expenses , Coast Guard ( allocated working fund to Corps of Engineers , Civil ) . Salaries and Expenses , Maritime ...
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... Commerce , calendar year 1953 : Gratis Part 1 - Waterways and Harbors : Atlantic Coast . New England Division , Corps of Engineers , Boston , Mass .--- Part 2 - Waterways and Harbors : Gulf Coast , Mississippi River System and Antilles ...
... Commerce , calendar year 1953 : Gratis Part 1 - Waterways and Harbors : Atlantic Coast . New England Division , Corps of Engineers , Boston , Mass .--- Part 2 - Waterways and Harbors : Gulf Coast , Mississippi River System and Antilles ...
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100 feet wide 1st sess 2d sess 30 feet acre-feet additional amount needed Annual Report Arkansas River available for succeeding Bayou bridge Canal channel Chief of Engineers Condition at end Cong construction contract contributed funds Control Act approved cooperation Cost and financial Creek cubic yards district dredging end of fiscal ending June 30 Estimated additional amount existing project feet deep feet long financial summary Fiscal fiscal year ending fiscal years prior Flood Control Act Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Harbor Act hired labor includ jetty July June 28 Lake Okeechobee latest published map levee Location locks and dams mean low water Mermentau River miles Mississippi River Missouri River mouth navigation Ohio River Operations and results percent complete Port previous projects project dimensions project was authorized provides Reservoir results during fiscal River and Harbor River Basin spillway succeeding fiscal Terminal facilities total cost Total to June turning basin United width
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Page 436 - Army that they will : (a) provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project; (6) hold and save the United States free from damages...
Page 426 - California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document Numbered 630, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 760 - The general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Missouri River Basin approved by the Act of June 28, 1938...
Page 413 - Local cooperation. — This provides that local interests agree to furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, rights-of-way, and spoil-disposal areas...
Page 515 - ... navigable streams and tributaries thereof when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such work is advisable in the interest of flood control: Provided, That not more than $25,000 shall be allotted for this purpose for any single tributary from the appropriations for any one fiscal year.
Page 241 - Modification of the project was approved subject to the provisions that local interests furnish free of cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for the initial work and for subsequent maintenance when and as required...
Page 643 - States of $2,252,000 for construction; provided that local interests give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that they will : (a...
Page 420 - States, all necessary lands, easements, rights-of-way, and suitable spoil-disposal areas for new work and subsequent maintenance when and as required, and hold and save the United States free from claims for damages that may result from the improvement.
Page 25 - Flood Control and Flood Plain Management Federal interest in flood control began in the alluvial valley of the Mississippi River in the 19th century when the interrelationship of flood control and navigation became apparent.
Page 568 - June 28, 1938, approved the general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the upper Mississippi River Basin described in the Flood Control Committee Document No. 1, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...