Flood Control in the Lower Mississippi Valley: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-fourth Congress, Second Session, on S. 3531, a Bill to Amend the Act Entitled "An Act for the Control of Floods on the Mississippi River and Its Tributaries and for Other Purposes", Approved May 15, 1928, January 27, 28, 29 and 30, 1936 |
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... channels , or any or all of them , for any or all of the seven detention reservoirs recommended in his report of February 12 , 1935 , for the control of floods of the Yazoo River : And provided further , That the Chief of Engineers ...
... channels , or any or all of them , for any or all of the seven detention reservoirs recommended in his report of February 12 , 1935 , for the control of floods of the Yazoo River : And provided further , That the Chief of Engineers ...
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... channels , and that have been diverted into a particular channel , that there is justice and necessity in paying a measure of compensation . Some , however , have feared that if there is not a definite limita- tion on the amount to be ...
... channels , and that have been diverted into a particular channel , that there is justice and necessity in paying a measure of compensation . Some , however , have feared that if there is not a definite limita- tion on the amount to be ...
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... channel pro- vided in the present project and the flood control of the Saint Fran- cis and the Yazoo Rivers , as set forth in the report . Those are the main modifications suggested by General Markham , and this bill undertakes to carry ...
... channel pro- vided in the present project and the flood control of the Saint Fran- cis and the Yazoo Rivers , as set forth in the report . Those are the main modifications suggested by General Markham , and this bill undertakes to carry ...
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... of the Mississippi River - not superfloods but any major flood - unless there are certain diversions from the main channel . I understand from them that levees only will not solve the FLOOD CONTROL IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 11.
... of the Mississippi River - not superfloods but any major flood - unless there are certain diversions from the main channel . I understand from them that levees only will not solve the FLOOD CONTROL IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 11.
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... channel of the Mississippi during major floods is such that the leveed channels of the Mississippi River will not take care of it . For instance , during a flood such as the 1927 flood it would be necessary — with the levees constructed ...
... channel of the Mississippi during major floods is such that the leveed channels of the Mississippi River will not take care of it . For instance , during a flood such as the 1927 flood it would be necessary — with the levees constructed ...
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26 reservoirs acres adopted project Arkansas and White Arkansas City Arkansas River assessed value Atchafalaya Basin Atchafalaya River backwater area bill Boeuf Basin Boeuf floodway Chairman Chief of Engineers compensation Congress construction cost crevasse cut-offs Cypress damage discharge drainage easements East Carroll East Carroll Parish estimated Eudora floodway Ferguson Flood Control Act Flood Control Committee flood heights flood waters flow flowage rights fuseplug levee gage Government guide levees hearings highway JACOBS KEMPER Laconia Circle lands levee boards levee district levee grade Louisiana lower Mississippi main river MARKHAM miles Mississippi River Commission Mississippi Valley Morganza floodway outlet overflow Parish percent present property owners proposed question railroad RANSDELL recommended Red River reduce Representative MILLER Representative WHITTINGTON River levee second-feet Senator BILBO Senator OVERTON Senator SHEPPARD spillway stage statement SUMMERLIN superflood Tensas Tensas Parish tion tributaries tupelo United Vicksburg White River Yazoo River