Set-back Levees on the Mississippi River: Hearings... on H.R. 7349...1935 - 226 pages |
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... bank revetment . We have a number of very striking examples of that . Now , gentlemen of the committee , I desire to make that statement in order to give you the theory on which this bill is based . As I stated , in the changes and set ...
... bank revetment . We have a number of very striking examples of that . Now , gentlemen of the committee , I desire to make that statement in order to give you the theory on which this bill is based . As I stated , in the changes and set ...
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... bank caves away the old levee line will go out . Mr. ZIMMERMAN . If you are below the line , you are without any levee protection . The CHAIRMAN . Yes ; and that man's property has been taken for that type of construction . I do not ...
... bank caves away the old levee line will go out . Mr. ZIMMERMAN . If you are below the line , you are without any levee protection . The CHAIRMAN . Yes ; and that man's property has been taken for that type of construction . I do not ...
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... bank of the river that , in the judgment of the engineers , would maintain the integrity of that system for a period ... banks of the river and the amount of erosion that would ordinarily occur within that SET - BACK LEVEES ON THE ...
... bank of the river that , in the judgment of the engineers , would maintain the integrity of that system for a period ... banks of the river and the amount of erosion that would ordinarily occur within that SET - BACK LEVEES ON THE ...
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... banks . For that reason frequently erosion was permitted to occur in a way that would threaten the integrity of the levee and of that eroded bank , and require the building of a loop levee rather than stabilize the bank in front of that ...
... banks . For that reason frequently erosion was permitted to occur in a way that would threaten the integrity of the levee and of that eroded bank , and require the building of a loop levee rather than stabilize the bank in front of that ...
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... bank of the Mississippi River around that point , up to the 1928 grade and section . It would only cost $ 200,000 to build this two and a quarter miles of levee across that point , and the engi- neers built that cut - off levee here ...
... bank of the Mississippi River around that point , up to the 1928 grade and section . It would only cost $ 200,000 to build this two and a quarter miles of levee across that point , and the engi- neers built that cut - off levee here ...
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100 percent acres Amount taken Assessed Amounts not paid Arkansas Atchafalaya Basin Levee Bank Basin Levee District Baton Rouge Bayou bill Black River built under Flood CHAIRMAN Charles Church committee construction material_ Contract construction of United contract executed cost of project County district for construction drainage Engineering farm Flood Control Act going Government Gravel Highway Levee Highway Improve inclusive Interest JACOBS James John Joseph Lake Landside toe length levee board Levee Highway Levee levee highway project levees built Louisiana Mary ments actu miles miscellaneous expenses Mississippi River old levee Owner paid by Atchafalaya paid to date Parish PARISH-Continued plantation Point Pontchartrain Levee District Price per ments RICH right-of-way acquired Right-of-way and miscellaneous Square statement supervision surveys Tabulation of right-of-way taken Assessed value Total amount Total assessed Total cost Total taken United States levees value of land WHITTINGTON WOLFE
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Page 33 - 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...
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Page 10 - ... is worthy of your consideration. I am not asking for an increase in the appropriation. It is just a matter of getting the most for the money that you are going to spend. I thank you, gentlemen. Mr. WOODRUM. Thank you, Mr. McClellan. THURSDAY MAY 6, 1937. RELIEF APPROPRIATION Mr. WOODRUM. Mr. Lasser, if you desire to make a statement, we will be very glad to year you at this time. STATEMENT OF DAVID IASSER, REPRESENTING THE WORKERS' ALLIANCE OF AMERICA Mr. LASSER. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of...
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| Title | Set-back Levees on the Mississippi River: Hearings... on H.R. 7349... |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control |
| Published | 1935 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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