Flood Control, Rivers and Harbors - Miscellaneous Projects ... Hearings ... on S. 414, 524, 1069 ... April 18-21, 19551955 - 325 pages |
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... damages by 1954 hurricanes , summary tables . Narragansett Bay area protection plan__ 126 , 127 264 New Bedford Committee on Hurricane Damage ...... . 196 Pay and allowances of lieutenant colonels and colonels_ 28 Platt , P. C. , tax ...
... damages by 1954 hurricanes , summary tables . Narragansett Bay area protection plan__ 126 , 127 264 New Bedford Committee on Hurricane Damage ...... . 196 Pay and allowances of lieutenant colonels and colonels_ 28 Platt , P. C. , tax ...
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... damages by 1954 hurricanes , summary tables . Narragansett Bay area protection plan ... . 126 , 127 264 New Bedford Committee on Hurricane Damage .. 196 Pay and allowances of lieutenant colonels and colonels . 28 Platt , P. C. , tax ...
... damages by 1954 hurricanes , summary tables . Narragansett Bay area protection plan ... . 126 , 127 264 New Bedford Committee on Hurricane Damage .. 196 Pay and allowances of lieutenant colonels and colonels . 28 Platt , P. C. , tax ...
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... damage figures I have quoted are only for the main river and major tributary valleys of the country . Additional ... hurricane damage in this area . This will be a difficult study , which will require consideration of many unusual ...
... damage figures I have quoted are only for the main river and major tributary valleys of the country . Additional ... hurricane damage in this area . This will be a difficult study , which will require consideration of many unusual ...
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... damages were done , we will proceed by a sampling process to determine what , if ... damage because there are people here from New England who know much more ... hurricane- warning service is essential . The fact that there was 108 FLOOD ...
... damages were done , we will proceed by a sampling process to determine what , if ... damage because there are people here from New England who know much more ... hurricane- warning service is essential . The fact that there was 108 FLOOD ...
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... hurricane - resistant construction . Among the protective measures that may be practicable are seawalls , or breakwaters , to break the force of the hurricane - driven waves , and adequate drainage systems . As you all know , the damage ...
... hurricane - resistant construction . Among the protective measures that may be practicable are seawalls , or breakwaters , to break the force of the hurricane - driven waves , and adequate drainage systems . As you all know , the damage ...
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1954 hurricanes amount appropriation Army engineers authorized beach Bedford bill breakwaters BRENNAN bridge Budget building Cameron County Carol and Edna Chairman Chief of Engineers coast committee Congress Conn Connecticut construction Corps of Engineers cost County Creek DISTRICT effect England erosion estimated facilities Federal Government feet fishing funds groins highway Hurricane Carol hurricane damage Hurricane Edna Hurricane Hazel industrial ITSCHNER Lake Lake Texoma land located Long Island loss Massachusetts miles per hour million Narragansett Bay navigation Oklahoma percent PETERSON PRESCOTT BUSH present problem proposed protection Providence recommendations reservoirs result Rhode Island River and tributaries River Basin Secretary Senator BUSH Senator COTTON Senator GREEN Senator HRUSKA Senator KERR Senator SYMINGTON shore shoreline SIMPSON statement storms STURGIS survey Texas THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN tidal flooding tide tion United States Senate War Production Board Warwick waterways wave Weather Bureau winds
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Page 154 - Department under the direction of the Secretary of War and supervision of the Chief of Engineers...
Page 149 - States, political subdivisions thereof, or other responsible local agencies have given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will (a) provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project, except as otherwise provided...
Page 154 - The use for navigation, in connection with the operation and maintenance of such works herein authorized for construction, of waters arising in States lying wholly or party west of the ninety-eighth meridian shall be only such use as does not conflict with any beneficial consumptive use, present or future, in States lying wholly or partly west of the ninety-eighth meridian, of such waters for domestic, municipal, stock water, irrigation, mining, or industrial purposes.
Page 149 - Federal investigations and improvements of rivers and other waterways for flood control and allied purposes shall be under the jurisdiction of and shall be prosecuted by the War Department under the direction of the Secretary of War and...
Page 149 - Army that they will (a) provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project, except as otherwise provided herein; (b) hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction works; (c) maintain and operate all the works after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army...
Page 154 - affected State or States” shall include those In which the works or any part thereof are proposed to be located ; those which In whole or part are both within the drainage basin involved and situated in a State lying wholly or in part west of the ninety-eighth meridian ; and such of those which are east of the ninety-eighth meridian as, in the Judgment of the Chief of Engineers, will be substantially affected.
Page 152 - That when benefits of any project or useful part thereof accrue to lands and property outside of the State in which said project or part thereof is located...
Page 151 - ... affected State or States, during the course of the investigations, Information developed by the Investigations and also opportunity for consultation regarding plans and proposals, and, to the extent deemed practicable by the ChIef of Engineers, opportunity to cooperate In the Investigations.
Page 149 - ... navigable streams and tributaries thereof when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such work is advisable in the interest of flood control: Provided, That not more than $25,000 shall be allotted for this purpose for any single tributary from the appropriations for any one fiscal year.