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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... ment that I made earlier before most of the members were here . Mr. Blatnik went out to Minnesota during the weekend and while he was out there yesterday afternoon making a speech he collapsed from fatigue . The doctors sent him to the ...
... ment that I made earlier before most of the members were here . Mr. Blatnik went out to Minnesota during the weekend and while he was out there yesterday afternoon making a speech he collapsed from fatigue . The doctors sent him to the ...
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... ment and on the private sector of our economy as well . The Corps of Engineers believes that one of its principal responsibilities lies in in- suring that its proposals for water - oriented Federal improvements and programs will ...
... ment and on the private sector of our economy as well . The Corps of Engineers believes that one of its principal responsibilities lies in in- suring that its proposals for water - oriented Federal improvements and programs will ...
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... ment 17 ( 89th Cong . ) in anchorage areas in New York Harbor are as follows : ( 1 ) Deepen ( a ) the southern section of anchorage 21B ( Red Hook Flats ) south of the fairway for a width of about 2,000 feet and over an area of 145 ...
... ment 17 ( 89th Cong . ) in anchorage areas in New York Harbor are as follows : ( 1 ) Deepen ( a ) the southern section of anchorage 21B ( Red Hook Flats ) south of the fairway for a width of about 2,000 feet and over an area of 145 ...
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... ment is $ 8,484,000 . The benefit - cost ratio for the improvement is 2 to 1 . About 14 companies , 11 of which are members of the institute , operate ocean- going bulk carriers to terminals on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville Harbor ...
... ment is $ 8,484,000 . The benefit - cost ratio for the improvement is 2 to 1 . About 14 companies , 11 of which are members of the institute , operate ocean- going bulk carriers to terminals on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville Harbor ...
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... ment has a benefit - cost ratio of 2 to 10 so the project is well justified . " There is a marked increase in the number of vessels using the pass . mercial fishing vessels and sports fishing vessels are larger in size as well as ...
... ment has a benefit - cost ratio of 2 to 10 so the project is well justified . " There is a marked increase in the number of vessels using the pass . mercial fishing vessels and sports fishing vessels are larger in size as well as ...
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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.