Omnibus Rivers and Harbors and Flood Control Bills, 1965: Hearings Before Subcommittee on Rivers and Harbors and the Subcommittee on Flood Control of the Committee on Public Works, House of Representatives, Eighty-ninth Congress, First Session, Part 3

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Page 236 - BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be spread upon the minutes of this meeting and that a copy thereof be sent to the family of Robert C.
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Page 125 - Army to make this comprehensive study and to construct, operate, and maintain in the State of Maryland a hydraulic model of the Chesapeake Bay Basin and an associated technical center.
Page 242 - ... and the flood control work accomplished by the Federal Government, the main river levees were breached at 13 locations. About 26,000 square miles of the 35,000 square miles in the valley were inundated. Cities, towns, and farms were flooded, crops were destroyed and industry paralyzed.

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