TABLE D-3.-Mefphis district-Continued [Bank protection works built during fiscal year and effective protection in place June 30, 1945] Linear feet, triangular frame dikes. A Asphalt; AC-Articulated concrete; CB-Concrete blocks; FW-Frame willow; G=Groins, rock; L=Lumber mattress; R=Riprap; S=Slab Conerete; T Tetrahedrons; W=Willow fascine mattress. NOTE:-Discrepancies between effective revetment in place reported above and in previous reports due to replacements of old work having been reported as new revetment and caving of bara which previously masked the revetment. [Present condition of project levees, from Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Head of Passes, La., and levee operations for fiscal year 1945, as provided for in sec. 1 of the act of May 15, 1928, and amendments and modifications, including the act approved Aug. 18, 1941] 1,326 square miles protected includes Red River, South Bank, West Atchafalaya River, and Bayou des Glaises. Including Simmesport Ring levee 1.6 miles, Melville Ring levee 4.1 miles, and Ferriday Ring levee 9.3 mile 23,700 cubic yards placed as provided for in sec. 6 of May 15, 1928 act. 1 Excluding yardage to be abandoned. TABLE E-2.-Vicksburg district [Present condition of project levees, from Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Head of Passes, La., and levee operations for fiscal year 1945, as provided for in sec. 1 of the act of May 15, 1928, and amendments and modifications, including the act approved Aug. 18, 1941] 1 Includes 0.8 mile concrete levee wall and 0.9 mile earth levee on Vicksburg City front. 2 Built to 1928 grade and section; includes 3.27 miles concrete levee wall, Monroe and West Monroe. Not available. * Included in 2,000 square miles, Upper Tensas, Mississippi River. TABLE E-3.-Memphis district [Present condition of project levees, from Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Head of Passes, La., and levee operations for fiscal year 1945, as provided for in sec. 1 of the act of May 15, 1928, and amendments and modifications, including the act approved Aug. 18, 1941] 672607-46-pt. 1, vol. 279 1 Excluding yardage to be abandoned. * Includes 1.4 miles of Hickman City levee; and 21.3-miles of Mississippi River front line levee, Hickman, Ky., to Bessie, Tenn. Extended 0.1 mile since 1944 Includes 67 miles of front line levee from Helena to the mouth of White River, Ark., and 6.6 miles of Laconia Back Circle levee. Levee setback, 374 and 84, miscellaneous repairs. From New Madrid, Mo., to mouth of the St. Francis River, Ark. Includes 84.3 miles of front line levee from Commerce to New Madrid, Mo.; 34.5 miles of Birds Point-New Madrid setback levee; and 14 miles of 8 Includes 6.3 miles of Cairo drainage district (Mississippi River) levee and 3.4 miles of Cairo front (Mississippi River) levee. 10 Includes 14.1 miles of main line diversion levee; 2.7 miles of Ramsey Creek levee; 2.9 miles of Sals Creek levee. 11 Includes 5.3 miles of levee from Cache River to lower end of seawall at Cairo, Ill.; and 8.7 miles of Mounds and Mound City, Ill. levee now under jurisdiction of the Louisville, Ky., engineer district. 12 Includes 8.7 miles of Mounds and Mound City, Ill. levee now under jurisdiction of the Louisville, Ky., engineer district. 13 Connects Mississippi River and Ohio River levees. 14 Included in 11 square miles, Thebes to Cairo, Ill. |