Waterway Connecting the Tombigbee and Tennessee Rivers, Ala. and Miss: Hearings, Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session. May 1, 2, 1946 |
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... , length and population of counties touched , tables . 259-261 Waterway traffic , graph .. 190 Wheeler , Lt. Gen. R. A. 179 Wilby , Col. F. B. , report .. 17 WATERWAY CONNECTING THE TOMBIGBEE AND TENNESSEE RIVERS , ALA . IV CONTENTS.
... , length and population of counties touched , tables . 259-261 Waterway traffic , graph .. 190 Wheeler , Lt. Gen. R. A. 179 Wilby , Col. F. B. , report .. 17 WATERWAY CONNECTING THE TOMBIGBEE AND TENNESSEE RIVERS , ALA . IV CONTENTS.
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... , length and population of counties touched , tables . 259-261 Waterway traffic , graph .. 190 Wheeler , Lt. Gen. R. A. 179 Wilby , Col. F. B. , report ... - 17 WATERWAY CONNECTING THE TOMBIGBEE AND TENNESSEE RIVERS , ALA . IV CONTENTS.
... , length and population of counties touched , tables . 259-261 Waterway traffic , graph .. 190 Wheeler , Lt. Gen. R. A. 179 Wilby , Col. F. B. , report ... - 17 WATERWAY CONNECTING THE TOMBIGBEE AND TENNESSEE RIVERS , ALA . IV CONTENTS.
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... county authorities and utilized as a drainage canal for a local drainage district . Backwater from Pickwick Dam extends about 11 miles above the mouth of the creek . 9. Mackeys Creek . - Mackeys Creek is one of the principal head- water ...
... county authorities and utilized as a drainage canal for a local drainage district . Backwater from Pickwick Dam extends about 11 miles above the mouth of the creek . 9. Mackeys Creek . - Mackeys Creek is one of the principal head- water ...
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... County , Miss . , flows in a northeasterly direction through Tishomingo County , Miss . , and empties into the Tennessee River near the Mississippi - Tennessee State line about 10 miles below Riverton , Ala . Its length is about 30 ...
... County , Miss . , flows in a northeasterly direction through Tishomingo County , Miss . , and empties into the Tennessee River near the Mississippi - Tennessee State line about 10 miles below Riverton , Ala . Its length is about 30 ...
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... County , Miss . , to 400 feet at Demopolis , with a slope of about seven - tenths foot per mile . From Demopolis to its mouth , the slope is two - tenths foot per mile . Except for snagging , the Tombigbee River above Demopolis has not ...
... County , Miss . , to 400 feet at Demopolis , with a slope of about seven - tenths foot per mile . From Demopolis to its mouth , the slope is two - tenths foot per mile . Except for snagging , the Tombigbee River above Demopolis has not ...
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9 feet Alabama annual Barge Line bauxite benefits bigbee Board of Engineers bridges Cairo canal section carriers channel Chief of Engineers Colonel FERINGA committee commodities connecting the Tombigbee construction cost cubic feet cut-off Demopolis diversion divide cut DONDERO drainage elevation estimated Federal feet per second flood freight Gulf Gulf Intracoastal Waterway highway increase Interstate Commerce Commission lateral canal located Lock and Dam lockages Mackeys Creek miles Mississippi River Mobile Mobile River move movement navigation Ohio River operation Orleans Paducah percent PETERSON of Georgia plan of improvement PRINCE proposed waterway prospective rail railroads RANKIN rates river section Rivers and Harbors ROBY rock savings seepage Special Board spillway Tennessee River Tennessee Valley Tennessee Valley Authority territory tion Tombigbee and Tennessee Tombigbee River Tombigbee Valley ton-miles tonnage tons traffic transportation tributary area Tuscaloosa up-bound upstream Warrior River water route waterway connecting WHEELER Yellow Creek
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