Muscle Shoals: Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, Seventieth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 8305, H.R. 7744, H.R. 6031, H.R. 10028, and H.J. Res. 105. Tuesday, January 25, 1928 to Monday, March 19, 1928 |
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... Cove Creek Dam , to be constructed upon the Cove Creek site on the Clinch River located approximately eight miles in a direct line north of Clinton , in the State of Tennessee . The term " dam , " as used in this article , is hereby ...
... Cove Creek Dam , to be constructed upon the Cove Creek site on the Clinch River located approximately eight miles in a direct line north of Clinton , in the State of Tennessee . The term " dam , " as used in this article , is hereby ...
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... Cove Creek Dam shall be completed and made available by the lessor to the lessee hereunder , the lessee will , during the term of this lease , supply to the lessor , free of all charge , electric power necessary for the operation and ...
... Cove Creek Dam shall be completed and made available by the lessor to the lessee hereunder , the lessee will , during the term of this lease , supply to the lessor , free of all charge , electric power necessary for the operation and ...
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... Cove Creek Dam and all the power possibilities associated with Muscle Shoals were fully developed , how would it compare with Niagara or any of the larger power plants in the country ? Mr. BELL . At Niagara now there is about one and a ...
... Cove Creek Dam and all the power possibilities associated with Muscle Shoals were fully developed , how would it compare with Niagara or any of the larger power plants in the country ? Mr. BELL . At Niagara now there is about one and a ...
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... Cove Creek there won't be any average , because it is proposed to run Cove Creek by releasing the flow of the stream in such a way as to double the capacity of Dam No. 2 and Dam No. 3. That is 78,000 plus 32,000 , which is 110,000 . You ...
... Cove Creek there won't be any average , because it is proposed to run Cove Creek by releasing the flow of the stream in such a way as to double the capacity of Dam No. 2 and Dam No. 3. That is 78,000 plus 32,000 , which is 110,000 . You ...
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... Cove Creek would make it turn out double that . Subject to these changes we are committed to go ahead . Mr. MCSWAIN . Under the bill as now written it is true , but suppose we assume now that Cove Creek would not be built , would you be ...
... Cove Creek would make it turn out double that . Subject to these changes we are committed to go ahead . Mr. MCSWAIN . Under the bill as now written it is true , but suppose we assume now that Cove Creek would not be built , would you be ...
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Alabama Power Alabama Power Co amendment American Cyanamid Co ammonia ammonium ammonium phosphate amortization amount and/or BELL build capacity cent CHAIRMAN cheaper Clinch River committee concentrated fertilizer Congress construction contract cost Cove Creek Dam cyanamide process Dam Numbered demised Department Doctor COTTRELL Doctor Woods equipment estimate farmer board figures fixed nitrogen GARRETT Government hereof HILL of Alabama HOFFMAN horsepower hydroelectric industry installation interest investment JAMES lease lessee lessor Madden bill Major COINER Major MILES Major WATKINS manufacture of fertilizer MCSWAIN ment Muscle Shoals national defense navigation nitrogen fixation operation payments phosphate phosphoric acid power house primary power production proposed proposition purpose question QUIN reason secondary power Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of War sell Senator NORRIS steam plant synthetic process Tennessee River thing tion transmission lines WAINWRIGHT water power Wilson Dam words WURZBACH
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Page 18 - ... a copy of which duly certified by its secretary under its corporate seal, is hereto annexed, hereby for itself and its successors and assigns waives the royalties hereinbefore described and guarantees the performance by the lessee of all obligations placed upon said lessee by this lease. In witness whereof the parties hereto and said American Cyanamid...
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