Mississippi River Flood Control, Morganza Floodway: Hearings Before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Seventy- Fifth Congress, Third Session, on Mar. 28-30, 1938Considers (74) S. 3531, (75) S. 3354. |
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... capacity of the Mississippi below will not be overtaxed . It should save the lands on the west side of the Atchafalaya from inundation except in extreme flood- ing . * The proposed Morganza floodway will afford positive protection to ...
... capacity of the Mississippi below will not be overtaxed . It should save the lands on the west side of the Atchafalaya from inundation except in extreme flood- ing . * The proposed Morganza floodway will afford positive protection to ...
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... capacity - no more than its capacity . Senator OVERTON . It is a fact , is it not , that the water to be di- verted from the Mississippi through the Morganza floodway will be permanently divorced from the Mississippi and will reach the ...
... capacity - no more than its capacity . Senator OVERTON . It is a fact , is it not , that the water to be di- verted from the Mississippi through the Morganza floodway will be permanently divorced from the Mississippi and will reach the ...
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... capacity as far down as the Arkansas - Louisiana line , about . Senator MILLER . If you treated the present levee as a fuse plug , then it would necessitate the purchase of flowage rights in that area of approximately 195,000 acres ...
... capacity as far down as the Arkansas - Louisiana line , about . Senator MILLER . If you treated the present levee as a fuse plug , then it would necessitate the purchase of flowage rights in that area of approximately 195,000 acres ...
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... capacity to carry the floods . Senator OVERTON . Now , for the record , please state what is the position of Angola relative to Morganza ? Brigadier General FERGUSON . Angola is north of Morganza perhaps 30 miles , and is the point ...
... capacity to carry the floods . Senator OVERTON . Now , for the record , please state what is the position of Angola relative to Morganza ? Brigadier General FERGUSON . Angola is north of Morganza perhaps 30 miles , and is the point ...
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... capacity is about half a million , now . The main river's capacity is about a million and a half . That is not sufficient to carry these floodwaters . The law authorizes the enlargement of the Atchafalaya , which is in process , and ...
... capacity is about half a million , now . The main river's capacity is about a million and a half . That is not sufficient to carry these floodwaters . The law authorizes the enlargement of the Atchafalaya , which is in process , and ...
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75 percent acres ALLEN alluvial valley Angola Arkansas City Arkansas River Atchafalaya Basin Atchafalaya River authorized back protection levee Baton Rouge Bonnet Carre Brigadier General FERGUSON built capacity carry Chairman Chief of Engineers committee condemnation Congress construction cubic feet cut-offs Delta diversion easements Eudora floodway Eudora spillway feet per second flowage easements flowage rights freeboard fuse fuseplug levee gage give Government Governor LECHE grade and section GRUBS HAMLEY HEBERT JACOBS KLORER land levee board levee district Louisiana Louisiana line Major General SCHLEY middle section miles Mississippi River Commission Morganza floodway Morganza spillway Natchez necessary Orleans Overton Act Overton bill plug Pointe Coupee Parish police jury problem question Red River Representative WHITTINGTON reservoirs rights-of-way Senator BILBO Senator MILLER Senator OVERTON Senator OVERTON presiding Senator SHEPPARD side statement SUMMERLIN superflood tion Total number Total value United Vicksburg West Atchafalaya