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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... grade and section . SEC . 4. That neither of the projects for the flood control of the Saint Francis River or the ... grades and levee sections : Provided , however , That no work shall be commenced on the above - mentioned project until ...
... grade and section . SEC . 4. That neither of the projects for the flood control of the Saint Francis River or the ... grades and levee sections : Provided , however , That no work shall be commenced on the above - mentioned project until ...
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... grade and 1928 section , and , after the Morganza Flood- way has been completed , shall be raised to the 1928 grade as provided in section 3 of this Act . Thereafter those stretches of said levees which are left as fuse- plug levees ...
... grade and 1928 section , and , after the Morganza Flood- way has been completed , shall be raised to the 1928 grade as provided in section 3 of this Act . Thereafter those stretches of said levees which are left as fuse- plug levees ...
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... grade than the other levees of the river . That is right , is it not ? Major General SCHLEY . A large part of that levee to which you refer , to a point below Greenville , but not quite as far as the Louisiana line , is the 1914 levee grade ...
... grade than the other levees of the river . That is right , is it not ? Major General SCHLEY . A large part of that levee to which you refer , to a point below Greenville , but not quite as far as the Louisiana line , is the 1914 levee grade ...
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... grade , does it not ? Major General SCHLEY . I am not sufficiently familiar with the de- tails of that to answer that question . Representative WHITTINGTON . In general the act of 1928 provides , and so does the act of 1936 , that the ...
... grade , does it not ? Major General SCHLEY . I am not sufficiently familiar with the de- tails of that to answer that question . Representative WHITTINGTON . In general the act of 1928 provides , and so does the act of 1936 , that the ...
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... been constructed to the 1914 grade in some places ; I mean , the river levee there . Brigadier General FERGUSON . Practically all of it . Senator MILLER . I notice in the act , section MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOOD CONTROL - MORGANZA FLOODWAY 39.
... been constructed to the 1914 grade in some places ; I mean , the river levee there . Brigadier General FERGUSON . Practically all of it . Senator MILLER . I notice in the act , section MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOOD CONTROL - MORGANZA FLOODWAY 39.
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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