Comprehensive Flood-control Plans on H.R. 9640: Hearings Before the Committee on Flood Control, House of Representatives, Seventy-sixth Congress, Third Session, on H.R. 9640, a Bill Authorizing the Construction of Certain Public Works on Rivers and Harbors for Flood Control, and for Other Purposes. March 18 to April 9, 1940 |
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... levee construction along the east bank of the Hoosic River is considered the most feasible protection of Hoosic Falls . This plan would involve the construc- tion of about 1,900 feet of earth levee approximately 18 feet above the ...
... levee construction along the east bank of the Hoosic River is considered the most feasible protection of Hoosic Falls . This plan would involve the construc- tion of about 1,900 feet of earth levee approximately 18 feet above the ...
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... levee along the Connecticut River front and the Mill River run- ning through the city . The CHAIRMAN . What kind of levee did it contemplate ? Lieutenant Colonel BRAGDON . An earth levee , Mr. Chairman . We have built that one along the ...
... levee along the Connecticut River front and the Mill River run- ning through the city . The CHAIRMAN . What kind of levee did it contemplate ? Lieutenant Colonel BRAGDON . An earth levee , Mr. Chairman . We have built that one along the ...
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... levee , and backed it up by pervious material . We also decided we would have to put in better drainage to keep the saturation line through the levee down . The CHAIRMAN . Who provides that drainage ? If Lieutenant Colonel BRAGDON . We ...
... levee , and backed it up by pervious material . We also decided we would have to put in better drainage to keep the saturation line through the levee down . The CHAIRMAN . Who provides that drainage ? If Lieutenant Colonel BRAGDON . We ...
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... levee there , sir , which was built by the city . The CHAIRMAN . All right ; now let us see your project as was provided in the 1938 act with respect to that power plant . That power plant would be left between the levee and the river ...
... levee there , sir , which was built by the city . The CHAIRMAN . All right ; now let us see your project as was provided in the 1938 act with respect to that power plant . That power plant would be left between the levee and the river ...
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... Levees and flood walls . The CHAIRMAN . Is that largely levee or concrete flood walls ? Colonel MARKS . It is mostly levee at the Evansville project . The CHAIRMAN . I see . What is the next one up the river ? You see what I have in ...
... Levees and flood walls . The CHAIRMAN . Is that largely levee or concrete flood walls ? Colonel MARKS . It is mostly levee at the Evansville project . The CHAIRMAN . I see . What is the next one up the river ? You see what I have in ...
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Page 552 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following work of improvement is hereby adopted and authorized, to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers...
Page 249 - Knapp, chief engineer of the Division of Water Resources of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture; and Earnest Boyce, director of the Division of Sanitation of the Kansas State Board of Health.
Page 826 - California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document Numbered 630, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 330 - June 28, 1938, approved the general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the upper Mississippi River Basin described in the Flood Control Committee Document No. 1, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 747 - That penstocks or other similar facilities adapted to possible future use in the development of hydroelectric power shall be installed in any dam herein authorized when approved by the Secretary of War upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers and of the Federal Power Commission.
Page 778 - June 22, 1936, shall be construed to include channel and major drainage improvements, and that hereafter 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 supervision of the Chief of Engineers...
Page 512 - Chairman and gentlemen, the Board of Supervisors of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District has directed me to appear before this committee to report the flood control needs of our area for fiscal year 1967. At the outset of this statement, I should like to emphasize that we are...
Page 265 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON FLOOD CONTROL, Washington, DC The committee met at 10 a.
Page 720 - ... the reports of the District and Division Engineers and the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. Outdoor recreation plans for the Sixes Bridge, Verona, Town Creek, and North Mountain reservoir projects were prepared by the National Park Service in connection with the 1963 Baltimore District Engineers
Page 360 - The CHAIRMAN. Are there any questions by members of the committee? If not, that is all, Mr.