Waterway Connecting the Tombigbee and Tennessee Rivers, Ala. and Miss: Hearings, Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session. May 1, 2, 1946 |
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... tons for the past 10 years . In 1937 a total of 1,377,000 tons was handled on the river , of which about 24 percent was Government materials for the construction of locks and dams . The principal items of commerce in 1937 were sand and ...
... tons for the past 10 years . In 1937 a total of 1,377,000 tons was handled on the river , of which about 24 percent was Government materials for the construction of locks and dams . The principal items of commerce in 1937 were sand and ...
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... tons and averaged 82 percent of the total adaptable potential commerce remaining after all eliminations had been made . 25. Method of estimating savings . - The estimates of savings were based on a comparison of the probable ...
... tons and averaged 82 percent of the total adaptable potential commerce remaining after all eliminations had been made . 25. Method of estimating savings . - The estimates of savings were based on a comparison of the probable ...
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... tons and the savings would be $ 2,168,100 . 28. Savings to up - bound Mississippi River traffic . - Under present ... ton could be made by barge - line operators if the volume of tonnage now moving upstream on the Mississippi River to ...
... tons and the savings would be $ 2,168,100 . 28. Savings to up - bound Mississippi River traffic . - Under present ... ton could be made by barge - line operators if the volume of tonnage now moving upstream on the Mississippi River to ...
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... tons annually , based on 24 lockages of the fully loaded standard tow for which the waterway was designed . However , as- suming that the tows will be loaded to only 50 percent of their capacity and make only 12 lockages per day , the ...
... tons annually , based on 24 lockages of the fully loaded standard tow for which the waterway was designed . However , as- suming that the tows will be loaded to only 50 percent of their capacity and make only 12 lockages per day , the ...
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... tons in 12 hours . The first tow of coal from this terminal 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 ...
... tons in 12 hours . The first tow of coal from this terminal 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 ...
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abutment Alabama annual 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 dredging elevation estimated existing Federal feet per second flood freight Gulf Gulf Intracoastal Waterway highway increase Interstate Commerce Commission Intracoastal lateral canal located Lock and Dam lockages Mackeys Creek miles Mississippi River Mobile Mobile River move movement Narrows lock navigation Ohio River operation Orleans Paducah percent PETERSON of Georgia plan of improvement points PRINCE proposed waterway prospective rail railroads RANKIN rates relocation river section Rivers and Harbors ROBY rock savings seepage spillway Tennessee River Tennessee Valley Tennessee Valley Authority territory tion Tombigbee and Tennessee Tombigbee River ton-miles tonnage tons traffic transportation tributary area up-bound upper 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...