Progress and Present Status of Flood Control on the Mississippi River and Its Tributaries: Hearings...1933 - 100 pages |
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... Basin . Then it finds its way down through the Atchafalaya Basin to the sea . I will not burden you with figures very much , but if there are about 3,000,000 cubic feet per second coming down the river , 900,000 cubic feet per second ...
... Basin . Then it finds its way down through the Atchafalaya Basin to the sea . I will not burden you with figures very much , but if there are about 3,000,000 cubic feet per second coming down the river , 900,000 cubic feet per second ...
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... Atchafalaya Basin we propose to go ahead with the protection levees . There is something I did not mention before , and that is when the water escapes up here at the head of the Atchafalaya [ indicating ] , over this low levee , we do ...
... Atchafalaya Basin we propose to go ahead with the protection levees . There is something I did not mention before , and that is when the water escapes up here at the head of the Atchafalaya [ indicating ] , over this low levee , we do ...
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... Atchafalaya basin have suffered a great deal from floods in the past , and more burden is being thrown on them all the time . As the water is being confined more and more , the flood plane has risen . It has risen all the time due to ...
... Atchafalaya basin have suffered a great deal from floods in the past , and more burden is being thrown on them all the time . As the water is being confined more and more , the flood plane has risen . It has risen all the time due to ...
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... basin [ indicating ] , and it will back up in the basin , and , therefore , we want to increase the discharge capacity if we can through the Atchafalaya River and the lake system below , so as to pull the floods down as much as possible ...
... basin [ indicating ] , and it will back up in the basin , and , therefore , we want to increase the discharge capacity if we can through the Atchafalaya River and the lake system below , so as to pull the floods down as much as possible ...
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... Basin or you can put it down in here , east of Mason Ridge [ indicating on map ] , accord- ing to which is the ... Atchafalaya , what areas did you have in mind and what other areas that would not be protected do you have in mind ? General ...
... Basin or you can put it down in here , east of Mason Ridge [ indicating on map ] , accord- ing to which is the ... Atchafalaya , what areas did you have in mind and what other areas that would not be protected do you have in mind ? General ...
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Page 6 - If there are any questions that any member of the committee would like to ask, I will be glad to answer them.
Page 63 - ENGINEER OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA Mr. JACOBS. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee: The levee boards and the board of State engineers of Louisiana are very much impressed with the statements made here by General Brown and General Ferguson on the development of the problems of flood control and the execution of the adopted plan, insofar as it affects Louisiana, at the recent hearings...
Page 63 - The committee met at 10 am, Hon. Riley J. Wilson (chairman) presiding. The CHAIBMAN.