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Our land naturally drains to the west , into another river ; and , as a result of building this new levee , our drainage is cut off , and since 1928 the larger portion of this land has been covered with water and we have not even been ...
Our land naturally drains to the west , into another river ; and , as a result of building this new levee , our drainage is cut off , and since 1928 the larger portion of this land has been covered with water and we have not even been ...
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Unless you saw it , you could not This drainage , being cut off by the new levee , of course all of the rainfall that falls is kept right on that land . Now , we paid an annual tax for the last 30 years ranging around $ 2,100 or $ 2,200 ...
Unless you saw it , you could not This drainage , being cut off by the new levee , of course all of the rainfall that falls is kept right on that land . Now , we paid an annual tax for the last 30 years ranging around $ 2,100 or $ 2,200 ...
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That is a drainage problem , instead of an overflow problem . Mr. ZIMMERMAN . That was created , though , by the set - back flow ; you did not have that problem before . That is right , is it not ? Dr. WOLFE .
That is a drainage problem , instead of an overflow problem . Mr. ZIMMERMAN . That was created , though , by the set - back flow ; you did not have that problem before . That is right , is it not ? Dr. WOLFE .
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I understood you to say , as to the drainage from that area , that previous to building the set - back , the water flowed into another river , and did not go back into the Mississippi ...
I understood you to say , as to the drainage from that area , that previous to building the set - back , the water flowed into another river , and did not go back into the Mississippi ...
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Of course , as you know , there is no drainage under any levees along the main line of the Mississippi River . That would absolutely destroy the protection for the area to the left of your property , if you had that sort of drainage ...
Of course , as you know , there is no drainage under any levees along the main line of the Mississippi River . That would absolutely destroy the protection for the area to the left of your property , if you had that sort of drainage ...
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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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