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Page 673
The Conover levee , Terre Haute , provides for an improvement in the existing
leree located on the ... Preliminary studies of the West Terre Haute local
protection project and the Sugar Creek levee were begun in November 1959.
The Conover levee , Terre Haute , provides for an improvement in the existing
leree located on the ... Preliminary studies of the West Terre Haute local
protection project and the Sugar Creek levee were begun in November 1959.
Page 679
This levee , just north of the Sugar Creek leree , would be earthen with internal
drainage - disposal facilities . As floods promise to be more frequent in cycle , the
life of this city is threatened unless inmediate action is taken to insure its safety .
This levee , just north of the Sugar Creek leree , would be earthen with internal
drainage - disposal facilities . As floods promise to be more frequent in cycle , the
life of this city is threatened unless inmediate action is taken to insure its safety .
Page 1474
However , Congress has authorized the constructia an agricultural levee on the
Indiana side of the Wabash River . The project known as levee unit No.5 is
located in Gibson and P # Counties , Ind . , on the left bank of the Wabash River ...
However , Congress has authorized the constructia an agricultural levee on the
Indiana side of the Wabash River . The project known as levee unit No.5 is
located in Gibson and P # Counties , Ind . , on the left bank of the Wabash River ...
Page 1475
The Engineers also state that under the conditions of confinement reated by the
levee the 23 - foot stage ( the stage at which damage legins in Wabash County )
would be equaled or exceeded on the averge of once every 112 years or about ...
The Engineers also state that under the conditions of confinement reated by the
levee the 23 - foot stage ( the stage at which damage legins in Wabash County )
would be equaled or exceeded on the averge of once every 112 years or about ...
Page 1476
It would appear that the same wise decisions to omit funds for this levee again in
this session would be justifiable . ... with agricultural levees the great rural por
tion of Wabash County which lies opposite the proposed Indians levee unit No. 5
.
It would appear that the same wise decisions to omit funds for this levee again in
this session would be justifiable . ... with agricultural levees the great rural por
tion of Wabash County which lies opposite the proposed Indians levee unit No. 5
.
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| Title | Public Works Appropriations for 1961, Volume 43, Parts 4-5 Public Works Appropriations for 1961, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1960 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 19 Mar 2007 |
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