Flood Control: Hearings Before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Seventy-Eighth Congress, Second Session, on May 29, 31, June 1, 2, 5-9, 12-15, 1944Considers (78) H.R. 4485. |
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... damage . There are numerous other projects completed or partially com- pleted which are safeguarding the operation of important industrial establishments and transportation facilities . Equally important , though less spectacular ...
... damage . There are numerous other projects completed or partially com- pleted which are safeguarding the operation of important industrial establishments and transportation facilities . Equally important , though less spectacular ...
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... damages in spring floods of 1944 River basin Esti- mated area flooded , 1944 Esti- Estimated mated damages , lives 1944 lost , 1944 Esti- River basin area flooded , 1944 Esti- mated Estimated mated damages , lives 1944 lost , 1944 Acres ...
... damages in spring floods of 1944 River basin Esti- mated area flooded , 1944 Esti- Estimated mated damages , lives 1944 lost , 1944 Esti- River basin area flooded , 1944 Esti- mated Estimated mated damages , lives 1944 lost , 1944 Acres ...
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... damage is over $ 570,000 . The plan of improvement recommended consists of the following : Construction of the West Hill Reservoir on the West River , which is a branch of the Blackstone River , at an estimated cost to the United States ...
... damage is over $ 570,000 . The plan of improvement recommended consists of the following : Construction of the West Hill Reservoir on the West River , which is a branch of the Blackstone River , at an estimated cost to the United States ...
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... damages of nearly $ 5,300,000 . It is estimated that average annual flood damage in the basin totals near $ 525,000 . The plan of improvement provides for 11 dam and reservoir projects for flood control and power development and other ...
... damages of nearly $ 5,300,000 . It is estimated that average annual flood damage in the basin totals near $ 525,000 . The plan of improvement provides for 11 dam and reservoir projects for flood control and power development and other ...
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... damages in the vicinity of Wilkesboro , which is one of the key points in this basin , occur on an average of once every 2 years . The greatest flood damages in this area are suffered by industrial and commercial plants in the vicinity ...
... damages in the vicinity of Wilkesboro , which is one of the key points in this basin , occur on an average of once every 2 years . The greatest flood damages in this area are suffered by industrial and commercial plants in the vicinity ...
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acre-feet acres agencies agricultural Arkansas Army engineers authorized BASHORE benefits Bureau of Reclamation Calif California Central Valley project Chairman CHEADLE Chief of Engineers CLARK of Missouri Colonel GOETHALS Colonel REBER Congress conservation construction Corps of Engineers County Creek crops Department farm feet flood control flood protection flood-control bill flood-control project Garrison Dam Governor SHARPE harbor bill hearings high dam House Document improvement interests Interior Kern River Kings River levees ment miles Mississippi Missouri River Basin multiple-purpose navigation objection operation percent Pick plan proposed purposes question recommendations Representative river and harbor ROBINS Sacramento River San Joaquin River Secretary Senator AIKEN Senator AUSTIN Senator BURTON Senator CLARK Senator CORDON Senator MCCLELLAN Senator MILLIKIN Senator OVERTON Senator ROBERTSON Shasta Dam statement storage streams subcommittee Table Mountain Dam tion tributaries Tulare Lake Tuolumne River United West Williamsville