Flood Control: Hearings, Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 6597, an Act Authorizing the Construction of Certain Public Works on Rivers and Harbors for Flood Control, and for Other Purposes. June 24-26, 1946Considers (79) H.R. 6597. |
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... upper Yad- kin River Valley without the objectionable permanent flooding of rich land . Substitution of the four proposed detention reservoirs for the dual - purpose Wilkesboro Reservoir recommended in House Document No. 652 , Seventy ...
... upper Yad- kin River Valley without the objectionable permanent flooding of rich land . Substitution of the four proposed detention reservoirs for the dual - purpose Wilkesboro Reservoir recommended in House Document No. 652 , Seventy ...
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... upper part of the Yadkin River basin . Mr. Beard , will you point out the Yadkin River , which rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina , and flows southeast ; then changes its course 90 ° and goes northeast ; then ...
... upper part of the Yadkin River basin . Mr. Beard , will you point out the Yadkin River , which rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina , and flows southeast ; then changes its course 90 ° and goes northeast ; then ...
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... upper insert is a locality map for the entire Yadkin - Pee Dee Basin , and the lower part of the map is the upper reaches of the Yadkin , which is under consideration in this report . Senator OVERTON . Only the Yadkin is involved ...
... upper insert is a locality map for the entire Yadkin - Pee Dee Basin , and the lower part of the map is the upper reaches of the Yadkin , which is under consideration in this report . Senator OVERTON . Only the Yadkin is involved ...
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... upper Yadkin with a view to deter- mining the practicability of a strictly flood - control operation in the upper basin . That study developed these four detention dams . Senator OVERTON . I assume there is much more local opposition to ...
... upper Yadkin with a view to deter- mining the practicability of a strictly flood - control operation in the upper basin . That study developed these four detention dams . Senator OVERTON . I assume there is much more local opposition to ...
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... upper basin of the Yadkin . Senator MCCLELLAN . It doesn't cover the entire valley ? Colonel HERB . No , sir ; not the entire valley . Senator OVERTON . Does that complete your statement ? Colonel HERB . Yes , sir ; that completes my ...
... upper basin of the Yadkin . Senator MCCLELLAN . It doesn't cover the entire valley ? Colonel HERB . No , sir ; not the entire valley . Senator OVERTON . Does that complete your statement ? Colonel HERB . Yes , sir ; that completes my ...
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acre-feet acres ALLEN amendment Anderson Ranch Dam annual Arkansas River Army engineers Arrowrock Dam average benefits bill Board of Engineers Boise project Boise River Boise Valley Bureau of Reclamation Carden's bottom Chairman Chief of Engineers Colonel FERINGA Colonel HERB construction County Covington crops Department detention dams district engineer DIXON drainage Elkin estimated cost farm Federal feet FERGUSON flood damage flood protection flood-control project flow Fredericksburg Gathright going hearings HICKMAN House Document Idaho improvement interests Interior inundated irrigation Jackson River James River June levee Lucky Peak Reservoir miles Mississippi River North Wilkesboro operation percent Petit Jean River Polecat Creek Queen Creek recommendations record River Basin Rivers and Harbors SCHEIDENHELM second-feet Secretary Senator GOSSETT Senator HART Senator HOEY Senator MCCLELLAN Senator OVERTON Senator OVERTON interposing Senator ROBERTSON statement storage stream STRICKLAND substantially in accordance tion town upper Yadkin River
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Page 44 - That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, created under Section 3 of the River and Harbor Act approved June 13, 1902, be, and is hereby requested to review the...
Page 60 - ... the Federal Government should improve or participate in the improvement of navigable waters or their tributaries, including watersheds thereof, for floodcontrol purposes if the benefits to whomsoever they may accrue are in excess of the estimated costs, and if the lives and social security of people are otherwise adversely affected.
Page 47 - Act shall be expended on the construction of any project until States, political subdivisions thereof, or other responsible local agencies have given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will (a) provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project...
Page 15 - After full consideration of the reports secured from the district and division engineers, the Board recommends that the existing project for...
Page 69 - California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document Numbered 630, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers...