Progress and Present Status of Flood Control on the Mississippi River and Its Tributaries: Hearings...1933 - 100 pages |
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... Major Somervell ; one at Vicksburg , Major Larkin ; and one at New Orleans , Colonel Hodges . There is also present an officer from my office , Colonel Graves , who has been connected with this work ever since the be- ginning , and who ...
... Major Somervell ; one at Vicksburg , Major Larkin ; and one at New Orleans , Colonel Hodges . There is also present an officer from my office , Colonel Graves , who has been connected with this work ever since the be- ginning , and who ...
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... Major SOMERVELL . It is about even for a certain distance either side of Helena ; it comes up and goes down . Mr ... Larkin to make a statement concerning his district . STATEMENT OF MAJ . T. B. LARKIN , UNITED STATES DISTRICT ENGINEER ...
... Major SOMERVELL . It is about even for a certain distance either side of Helena ; it comes up and goes down . Mr ... Larkin to make a statement concerning his district . STATEMENT OF MAJ . T. B. LARKIN , UNITED STATES DISTRICT ENGINEER ...
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... Major LARKIN . Between 3 and 4 feet . Mr. WHITTINGTON . Are those to be turn - over levees , or do you have to build new levees at those places ? Major LARKIN . Some will be turn - over levees , some will be enlarge- ments , and some ...
... Major LARKIN . Between 3 and 4 feet . Mr. WHITTINGTON . Are those to be turn - over levees , or do you have to build new levees at those places ? Major LARKIN . Some will be turn - over levees , some will be enlarge- ments , and some ...
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... Major LARKIN . Just across from Lake Providence , known as " Shipland . " Mr. WHITTINGTON . That is between Glen Allen and Meyersvillė . Major LARKIN . Yes , sir . Mr. WHITTINGTON . On the river ? Major LARKIN . Yes , sir . Mr ...
... Major LARKIN . Just across from Lake Providence , known as " Shipland . " Mr. WHITTINGTON . That is between Glen Allen and Meyersvillė . Major LARKIN . Yes , sir . Mr. WHITTINGTON . On the river ? Major LARKIN . Yes , sir . Mr ...
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... Major LARKIN . No , sir ; by levee . Mr. WHITTINGTON . There is no levee in there . Major LARKIN . I mean by river or a levee . Mr. WHITTINGTON . What is the approximate distance by air line ? Major LARKIN . Possibly 10 miles or 9 miles ...
... Major LARKIN . No , sir ; by levee . Mr. WHITTINGTON . There is no levee in there . Major LARKIN . I mean by river or a levee . Mr. WHITTINGTON . What is the approximate distance by air line ? Major LARKIN . Possibly 10 miles or 9 miles ...
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acquired adopted project Atcha Atchafalaya Basin Atchafalaya River back water backwater area bank protection Bayou Boeuf Bayou des Glaises bend Boeuf Basin Bonnet Carre spillway BROWN carry CHAIRMAN channel Chief of Engineers Colonel HODGES committee Congress contemplated contract cost cubic feet cut-off Cypress Creek DEAR Diamond Point district engineer drainage dredging estimate falaya Federal Government feet per second FERGUSON Flood Control Act flood height flood plane flood waters floodway furnished the rights gage guide levees Gulf increase indicating on map JACOBS Lake land levee board levee construction Levee District levee line Louisiana lower end LUNDEEN main levee main river Major LARKIN Major SOMERVELL MARTIN Memphis Mississippi River Commission Morgan City mouth Natchez old levee Old River Orleans outlet Pine Bluff protection levees Red River REID reimbursed reservoir revetment sand second-feet side Simmesport south bank tributaries valley Vicksburg Vicksburg district WHITTINGTON Yazoo
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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.