Flood Control: Hearings Before the Committee on Flood Control, House of Representatives, Seventieth Congress, First Session, on the Control of the Destructive Flood Waters of the United States, Parts 1-2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1927 - Flood control |
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... effect upon the rest of the country . That which harms a part of the people is a matter of profound concern to all the people , especially where the conditions are incapable of control by the local community . The Mississippi Valley ...
... effect upon the rest of the country . That which harms a part of the people is a matter of profound concern to all the people , especially where the conditions are incapable of control by the local community . The Mississippi Valley ...
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... effect of the floods on industry was similar to the effect upon agriculture . Along the Illinois and Mississippi River Valleys about 225,000 acres of land was under water from two months to two years , due to the inability of the ...
... effect of the floods on industry was similar to the effect upon agriculture . Along the Illinois and Mississippi River Valleys about 225,000 acres of land was under water from two months to two years , due to the inability of the ...
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... effect . They believe that this is a national problem . They believe that the job should be done properly , regardless of expense . We feel that the loss of those folks in that valley , occasioned by that flood , is suffi- cient reason ...
... effect . They believe that this is a national problem . They believe that the job should be done properly , regardless of expense . We feel that the loss of those folks in that valley , occasioned by that flood , is suffi- cient reason ...
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... effect the water at La Grange . It will be seen from the above that the La Grange Dam raised the water even at lowest stage 1.5 feet at Havana 40 miles above Beardstown . This shows the effect at Beardstown - Morton . [ Hearings before ...
... effect the water at La Grange . It will be seen from the above that the La Grange Dam raised the water even at lowest stage 1.5 feet at Havana 40 miles above Beardstown . This shows the effect at Beardstown - Morton . [ Hearings before ...
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... EFFECT OF LEVEES 1 Cairo does not favor " levees only " for flood control . We have viewed with alarm the gradual increase of the flood level since the levee systems have been extended . Further confinement of the waters means higher ...
... EFFECT OF LEVEES 1 Cairo does not favor " levees only " for flood control . We have viewed with alarm the gradual increase of the flood level since the levee systems have been extended . Further confinement of the waters means higher ...
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