Waterway Connecting the Tombigbee and Tennessee Rivers, Ala. and Miss: Hearings, Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session. May 1, 2, 1946 |
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... moved over the proposed waterway instead of up the improved Mississippi River at an annual saving in cost to barge - line operators of $ 1,000,000 . The Board of Engineers for Rivers and Har- bors concurs generally as to these estimates ...
... moved over the proposed waterway instead of up the improved Mississippi River at an annual saving in cost to barge - line operators of $ 1,000,000 . The Board of Engineers for Rivers and Har- bors concurs generally as to these estimates ...
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... moving chiefly from the Gulf to Tennessee River points . In view of this large percentage of saving attributable to petroleum products , the possible transportation of these com- modities by pipe line in the future should be given ...
... moving chiefly from the Gulf to Tennessee River points . In view of this large percentage of saving attributable to petroleum products , the possible transportation of these com- modities by pipe line in the future should be given ...
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... moved down stream in 1937 were as follows : Forest products , iron and steel products , limestone and shale , coal , sand and gravel , slag and stone . The principal items of commerce moved up stream were sand and gravel , petroleum ...
... moved down stream in 1937 were as follows : Forest products , iron and steel products , limestone and shale , coal , sand and gravel , slag and stone . The principal items of commerce moved up stream were sand and gravel , petroleum ...
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... moving upstream on the Mississippi River to points above Cairo utilized the proposed waterway instead of the Mississippi River , either by moving barges from New Orleans to Mobile , thence up the proposed waterway , or by having the ...
... moving upstream on the Mississippi River to points above Cairo utilized the proposed waterway instead of the Mississippi River , either by moving barges from New Orleans to Mobile , thence up the proposed waterway , or by having the ...
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... moved downstream in November 1937. Coal has been shipped from 2 mines on the waterway for a number of years . One is located a short distance above lock No. 13 at miles 371 , the other on the Mulberry Fork at mile 435. The ash content ...
... moved downstream in November 1937. Coal has been shipped from 2 mines on the waterway for a number of years . One is located a short distance above lock No. 13 at miles 371 , the other on the Mulberry Fork at mile 435. The ash content ...
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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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Page 6 - Army engineers and the reports of the Tennessee Valley Authority and the National Resources Committee should also be forwarded to the congressional committee. I take it that no water power is involved. If any is involved, please get also a report from the Federal Power Commission and send it to the Congress. FDR REPORT OF TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, Washington, April 4, 1939. The honorable the SECRETARY OF WAR, Washington, DC MY DEAR MR. SECRETARY: Under date of March 10,...
Page 1 - Resolved by the Committee on Public Works of the United States Senate, That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, created under Section 3 of the Rivers and...