Set-back Levees on the Mississippi River: Hearings... on H.R. 7349... |
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But I have in mind many cases where the banks were revetted , and as I remember in cases between Baton Rouge and New Orleans in Louisiana , and in the vicinity of Greenville , Miss . , the cost of the protecting levee , as enlarged to ...
But I have in mind many cases where the banks were revetted , and as I remember in cases between Baton Rouge and New Orleans in Louisiana , and in the vicinity of Greenville , Miss . , the cost of the protecting levee , as enlarged to ...
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This map [ indicating ] shows a stretch of levee on the Mississippi River at a point about 15 miles above Baton Rouge , on the west side of the river , and down the west bank . of the Mississippi River to Donaldsonville .
This map [ indicating ] shows a stretch of levee on the Mississippi River at a point about 15 miles above Baton Rouge , on the west side of the river , and down the west bank . of the Mississippi River to Donaldsonville .
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At all events , in that connection , and in the case of Australia , in the territory between New Orleans and Baton Rouge , and in other similar cases , including cut - offs in Mississippi , as well as in Arkansas , General Brown ...
At all events , in that connection , and in the case of Australia , in the territory between New Orleans and Baton Rouge , and in other similar cases , including cut - offs in Mississippi , as well as in Arkansas , General Brown ...
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11 125,204.98 WEST BATON ROGUE PARISH United States : 12:00 LGET 22. Tabulation of right - of - way acquired by Atchafalaya ... 2 , 556. 11 $ 85 , 067.70 $ 74 , 400. 41 2,463 . 51 92.60 $ 81 , 827.08 West Baton Rouge Parish . 5,038 .
11 125,204.98 WEST BATON ROGUE PARISH United States : 12:00 LGET 22. Tabulation of right - of - way acquired by Atchafalaya ... 2 , 556. 11 $ 85 , 067.70 $ 74 , 400. 41 2,463 . 51 92.60 $ 81 , 827.08 West Baton Rouge Parish . 5,038 .
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WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH 1931-32 ) , 2 miles below Hermit- Amounts not paid . ( United States Kelson , new levee Land owned by others . ' Not shown on map but paid by Atchafalaya Basin Levee District . WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH - Continued ...
WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH 1931-32 ) , 2 miles below Hermit- Amounts not paid . ( United States Kelson , new levee Land owned by others . ' Not shown on map but paid by Atchafalaya Basin Levee District . WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH - Continued ...
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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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| 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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