Amistad Dam and Reservoir: Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 12263, an Act to Authorize the Conclusion of an Agreement for the Joint Construction by the United States and Mexico of a Major International Storage Dam on the Rio Grande in Accordance with the Provisions of the Treaty of February 3, 1944, with Mexico, and for Other Purposes. June 21 and 22, 1960Considers H.R. 12263, to authorize State Dept to conclude agreement with Mexico for joint construction, operation and maintenance of Amistad Dam and Reservoir on Rio Grande River. |
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... side and Mexican side and a great loss of property . The characteristics of the Rio Grande are peculiar . Many times you have a very small flow in the river and as an example , on June 23 , 1954 , at Del Rio , there was less than 2,000 ...
... side and Mexican side and a great loss of property . The characteristics of the Rio Grande are peculiar . Many times you have a very small flow in the river and as an example , on June 23 , 1954 , at Del Rio , there was less than 2,000 ...
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... Mexican side the embankment will be about 4.1 miles long and on the United States side about 2.1 miles long . This dam structure will require about 1.3 million cubic yards of concrete and 11.9 million yards of earth work . We assume ...
... Mexican side the embankment will be about 4.1 miles long and on the United States side about 2.1 miles long . This dam structure will require about 1.3 million cubic yards of concrete and 11.9 million yards of earth work . We assume ...
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... Mexico of a Major Intern United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign ... side , and on the right side the United States would maintain the facilities ... Mexican license . However , it is very easy to do so . 6 AMISTAD DAM AND ...
... Mexico of a Major Intern United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign ... side , and on the right side the United States would maintain the facilities ... Mexican license . However , it is very easy to do so . 6 AMISTAD DAM AND ...
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... Mexican side you are free to use the water on the Mexican side of the boundary as much as you like . Senator HICKENLOOPER . But you can't fish on the Mexican side of the stream . Mr. HEWITT . You can fish on it with a license . Senator ...
... Mexican side you are free to use the water on the Mexican side of the boundary as much as you like . Senator HICKENLOOPER . But you can't fish on the Mexican side of the stream . Mr. HEWITT . You can fish on it with a license . Senator ...
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... side alone amounted to $ 18.6 million . On the Mexican side , property damage was even greater , and an undetermined number of lives were lost . A second major flood occurred on the Rio Grande in 1958. Floodwaters from above the Amistad ...
... side alone amounted to $ 18.6 million . On the Mexican side , property damage was even greater , and an undetermined number of lives were lost . A second major flood occurred on the Rio Grande in 1958. Floodwaters from above the Amistad ...
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2½ percent 50 percent 50-year basis acre-feet acreage acres additional Amistad Reservoir amount of water annual Anzalduas Dam believe benefit-cost ratio benefits Boundary and Water Brownsville build Ciudad Acuña Commissioner COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN Congress DAM AND RESERVOIR DAM Senator downstream estimated facilities Falcon Dam Falcon Reservoir FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION Federal Power Commission figure firm power flood damages gulf HEWITT Hoover Dam House bill hydro impounded International Boundary international dam international storage dam irrigation joint construction kilowatts land Laredo LELAND H located Matamoros MELVILLE E Mexican Government Mexican side miles million Nuevo Laredo operation OSBORNE penstocks plant POWERPLANT Senator HICKENLOOPER President proposed Amistad Dam pursuant question railroads RECOMMENDATION AGAINST FEDERAL relocate Rio Grande River Senator CARLSON Senator GREEN Senator MANSFIELD Senator WILLIAMS statement steamplants Texas total cost treaty of February U.S. Govern U.S. share U.S. side United States share Water Commission water supply