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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... spillway , just above New Orleans . The same is true of the West Atchafalaya floodway that has been constructed and is now ready for operation . Its construction was not dependent upon the construction of any other project in the entire ...
... spillway , just above New Orleans . The same is true of the West Atchafalaya floodway that has been constructed and is now ready for operation . Its construction was not dependent upon the construction of any other project in the entire ...
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... spillway , and , in the event it should be shown that the construction of the Morganza Spillway does not solve the situation as to overflow to a degree satisfactory to the land owners and people on both sides of the river ; and that ( d ) ...
... spillway , and , in the event it should be shown that the construction of the Morganza Spillway does not solve the situation as to overflow to a degree satisfactory to the land owners and people on both sides of the river ; and that ( d ) ...
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... Spillway , and it is believed that , unless the volume of water that will pass through the Bonnet Carre Spillway is reduced , that such a volume will pass through said spillway as to injure seriously the oyster beds in the Mississippi ...
... Spillway , and it is believed that , unless the volume of water that will pass through the Bonnet Carre Spillway is reduced , that such a volume will pass through said spillway as to injure seriously the oyster beds in the Mississippi ...
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... spillway ; that in the New Madrid floodway ; and that in the Atchafalaya Basin - thus delaying construction with the results of the experiments conducted at the hydraulic laboratory at Vicksburg , proved that the 1928 act had to be ...
... spillway ; that in the New Madrid floodway ; and that in the Atchafalaya Basin - thus delaying construction with the results of the experiments conducted at the hydraulic laboratory at Vicksburg , proved that the 1928 act had to be ...
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... spillway as the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army may deem necessary ; and , that the position of the State of Louisiana be properly presented to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ...
... spillway as the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army may deem necessary ; and , that the position of the State of Louisiana be properly presented to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ...
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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