Progress and Present Status of Flood Control on the Mississippi River and Its Tributaries: Hearings...1933 - 100 pages |
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... levee construction is that out of 1,900 miles we have built 1,100 and have ... district engineers have finished their statement ? The CHAIRMAN . Will you ... levee on its banks . The Grand River has built a dam across the flood way which ...
... levee construction is that out of 1,900 miles we have built 1,100 and have ... district engineers have finished their statement ? The CHAIRMAN . Will you ... levee on its banks . The Grand River has built a dam across the flood way which ...
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... levee . It is a ring levee around the town . Mr. WHITTINGTON . For the ... district has been finished , but you will remember the gen- eral submitted a ... levee work . Mr. WHITTINTON . On the main river ? General FERGUSON . Yes , sir ...
... levee . It is a ring levee around the town . Mr. WHITTINGTON . For the ... district has been finished , but you will remember the gen- eral submitted a ... levee work . Mr. WHITTINTON . On the main river ? General FERGUSON . Yes , sir ...
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... district engineer will tell us about the progress of the work . Is Major Somervell here ? Major SOMERVELL . Yes ... levee is 99.7 percent complete . The only part of it incomplete is a little piece where the railroad crosses the levee ...
... district engineer will tell us about the progress of the work . Is Major Somervell here ? Major SOMERVELL . Yes ... levee is 99.7 percent complete . The only part of it incomplete is a little piece where the railroad crosses the levee ...
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... district , so far as the State of Mississippi is concerned , extends to the northern boundary line of Bolivar County . Major SOMERVELL . Yes , sir . Mr. WHITTINGTON . You have approximately 93 miles of main line levee in the State of ...
... district , so far as the State of Mississippi is concerned , extends to the northern boundary line of Bolivar County . Major SOMERVELL . Yes , sir . Mr. WHITTINGTON . You have approximately 93 miles of main line levee in the State of ...
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... levee when they are complete in that district ? Major SOMERVELL . About 30 feet . Mr. WHITTINGTON . What is the highest levee you have ? Major SOMERVELL . Sixty - two feet . Mr. WHITTINGTON . That is the Hushpukena levee ? Major ...
... levee when they are complete in that district ? Major SOMERVELL . About 30 feet . Mr. WHITTINGTON . What is the highest levee you have ? Major SOMERVELL . Sixty - two feet . Mr. WHITTINGTON . That is the Hushpukena levee ? Major ...
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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.