Comprehensive Flood-control Plans on H.R. 9640: Hearings Before the Committee on Flood Control, House of Representatives, Seventy-sixth Congress, Third Session, on H.R. 9640, a Bill Authorizing the Construction of Certain Public Works on Rivers and Harbors for Flood Control, and for Other Purposes. March 18 to April 9, 1940 |
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... feet of gravity - type concrete wall and 2,800 lineal feet of reinforced concrete wall along both banks of the stream . The walls would be about 12 feet in height , with foundations about 3.5 feet below the bottom of the channel . There ...
... feet of gravity - type concrete wall and 2,800 lineal feet of reinforced concrete wall along both banks of the stream . The walls would be about 12 feet in height , with foundations about 3.5 feet below the bottom of the channel . There ...
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... feet wide and 12 feet high . Work would also involve removal of an abandoned dam about 400 feet above the junction with the North Branch and the removal of about 38,000 cubic yards of sand and gravel from the bottom of the stream . The ...
... feet wide and 12 feet high . Work would also involve removal of an abandoned dam about 400 feet above the junction with the North Branch and the removal of about 38,000 cubic yards of sand and gravel from the bottom of the stream . The ...
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... feet of earth levee approximately 18 feet above the channel bottom , extending along the right bank of the river above the Boston & Maine R. R. bridge ; and about 900 feet of rein- forced concrete wall averaging 11 feet in height . The ...
... feet of earth levee approximately 18 feet above the channel bottom , extending along the right bank of the river above the Boston & Maine R. R. bridge ; and about 900 feet of rein- forced concrete wall averaging 11 feet in height . The ...
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... feet . The CHAIRMAN . Generally , what would be the average depth of the water in the area that was covered by flood ? Dr. O'HARA . I would say about 10 feet on the average . The CHAIRMAN . Ten feet on an average for one - third of the ...
... feet . The CHAIRMAN . Generally , what would be the average depth of the water in the area that was covered by flood ? Dr. O'HARA . I would say about 10 feet on the average . The CHAIRMAN . Ten feet on an average for one - third of the ...
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... feet in depth of water , we have very steep hill- sides , and these streets run in grades up to 25 percent , and coming down through the main street of the city in 1938 the floodwater just tore down there , as you will notice by the ...
... feet in depth of water , we have very steep hill- sides , and these streets run in grades up to 25 percent , and coming down through the main street of the city in 1938 the floodwater just tore down there , as you will notice by the ...
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Page 554 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following work of improvement is hereby adopted and authorized, to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers...
Page 842 - 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 43 - The CHAIRMAN.. Are there any questions by any members of the committee ? Mr.
Page 332 - 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...
Page 758 - That penstocks or other similar facilities adapted to possible future use in the development of hydroelectric power shall be installed in any dam herein authorized when approved by the Secretary of War upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers and of the Federal Power Commission.
Page 514 - Chairman and gentlemen, the Board of Supervisors of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District has directed me to appear before this committee to report the flood control needs of our area for fiscal year 1967. At the outset of this statement, I should like to emphasize that we are...
Page 83 - Lycoming county, about twenty-five miles from the former, which is at the junction of the North and West Branches of the Susquehanna...
Page 657 - As thus defined the district is limited on the west by the Mississippi river and on the east by the towns, Belleville and Edwardsville.
Page 72 - The committee resumed its session at 2 o'clock pm, pursuant to the taking of recess. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order.
Page 794 - That, hereafter, Federal investigations and improvements of rivers and other waterways for flood control and allied purposes shall be under the jurisdiction of and shall be prosecuted by the War Department under the direction of the Secretary of War and supervision of the Chief of Engineers...