3 edition of Control of floods on the Mississippi and Sacramento Rivers. found in the catalog.
Control of floods on the Mississippi and Sacramento Rivers.
United States. Congress. House
Published
1916
by [s.n.] in Washington
.
Written in
Edition Notes
| Other titles | Control of floods on Mississippi and Sacramento rivers, with minority report |
| Series | H.rp.616 |
| Contributions | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control |
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Format | Electronic resource |
| Pagination | 177 p. |
| Number of Pages | 177 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL16123339M |
ISBN: OCLC Number: Description: xx, pages ; 25 cm: Contents: Infrastructure builds the state --The founding principles of river development --The Mississippi River: becoming the nation's river --The Mississippi River: resentment leading to Civil War --The Mississippi River: post-war reunification, post-war aid --The Sacramento. Flood control measures still dominated national policy. But the focus of policy began to change dramatically in the wake of massive flooding in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri river basins from June to August of Many of the engineering structures failed during this flooding.
Floods on the mighty Mississippi River are larger and more frequent today than at any time in the past years — in part, a new study suggests, because structures erected to control the river Author: Emma Marris. It favors economic development at the expense of environmental concerns.O'Neill focuses on the creation of flood control programs along the lower Mississippi River and the Sacramento River, the first two rivers to receive federal flood control aid.
Legislative Provisions It was enacted to control floods on the Mississippi River, the Ohio River, and the Sacramento River, not to exceed in the aggregate $45,,, with not more than $10,, during any one fiscal year. Early attempts to emulate the Mississippi River single-channel levee strategy failed repeatedly in the Sacramento Valley due to high flow variability, mining sedimentation, lack of a coordinated levee system, and the inability of the main channels to carry most of the flood flows.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. O’Neill focuses on the creation of flood control programs along the lower Mississippi River and the Sacramento River, the first two rivers to receive federal flood control aid.
She describes how, in the early to mid-nineteenth century, planters, shippers, and merchants from both regions campaigned for federal assistance with flood control by: (John M.
Barry, author of Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of and How It Changed America) Beyond Control translates the complex engineering and hydrologic analyses centered on the Old River Control Complex into a highly readable account of the endless struggles to harness a dynamic Mississippi River with fixed structures.
He provides an essential historical foundation for the current technical and policy concerns surrounding flood control efforts on the lower river/5(22).
In this book, O’Neill illustrates the parallels between river valley development in the West (Sacramento Valley) and the South (Mississippi Valley), and the political machinations that evolved into a wide range of river-management programs, in particular flood control.
Natural Disasters and Adaptation to Climate Change - edited by Sarah Boulter October 4 - A Brief History of Flooding and Flood Control Measures Along the Mississippi River Basin.
from Part I - Case Studies from North America The Mississippi River flood of In Geomorphology and Engineering, ed. : Timothy M. Kusky. O’Neill focuses on the creation of flood control programs along the lower Mississippi River and the Sacramento River, the first two rivers to receive federal flood control aid.
She describes how, in the early to mid-nineteenth century, planters, shippers, and merchants from both regions campaigned for federal assistance with flood control efforts.
An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, Rising Tide tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the greatest natural disaster this country has ever known -- the Mississippi flood of The river inundated the homes of nearly one million people, helped elect Huey Long governor and made Herbert Hoover president, drove hundreds of thousands of blacks Cited by: A suite of river discharge, tree-ring, sedimentary and climate data shows that the Mississippi’s flood magnitude has risen by about twenty per Cited by: Walter K.
Dodds, Matt R. Whiles, in Freshwater Ecology (Third Edition), Flood control measures on many large rivers include levees to contain high discharge.
When floods do occur, the levees constrain the water, making it move faster and deeper in the main channel instead of spreading out across the floodplain and flowing with a lower average velocity as it would naturally.
The Big One Is a Flood. The Central Valley was the ocean floor eons ago. With mountains all around it, the coast range to the west and Sierra Nevada mountains to the east, the only outlet for high waters is the Sacramento River. Since the river is mere 10 feet above sea level at Sacramento, it Author: Roopinder Tara.
The Flood Control Act of authorized the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to design and construct projects for the control of floods on the Mississippi River and its tributaries as well as the Sacramento River in California. It was sponsored by Sen. Wesley L.
Jones of Washington and Rep. Frank R. Reid of Illinois, in response to the Great Mississippi Flood of Flood Control Act Sixty-Fourth Congress, Sess. Chap. - An Act to provide for the control of the floods of the Mississippi River and of the Sacramento River, Calif., and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for. O'Neill focuses on the creation of flood control programs along the lower Mississippi River and the Sacramento River, the first two rivers to receive federal flood control aid.
She describes how, in the early to mid-nineteenth century, planters, shippers, and merchants from both regions campaigned for federal assistance with flood control : $ A Flood Control Act (PL ) is approved.
Congress appropriates $45 mil-lion for a long-range and comprehensive program of flood control for the lower Mississippi and Sacramento Rivers. In doing so, Congress accepts fed-eral responsibility for flood control. Committee on Flood Control 2 editions - first published in Not in Library Veto message on H.R.a bill to amend the act entitled "An act for the control of floods on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, and for other purposes".
The Mississippi River at the Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois observed its longest stretch above major flood stage on record. The river was in major flood stage for Author: Brian Donegan. The Mississippi River Navigation & Flood Control Book consists of map sheets developed topublication scale.
The book maps the Mississippi River from river Mile AHP at Cairo, IL to the Mile 23 BHP at Gulf of Mexico, to include the Passes of the Mississippi River Delta. Speeding floods to the sea; or, The evolution of flood control engineering on the Mississippi River.
[William Earle Elam] Home. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. Search. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for # Hobson Book Press\/span> \u00A0\u00A0\u00A0 wdrs. However, living near a river can be quite a problem during a flood. Every year, governments spend millions of dollars building dams, levees, and other structures to control or minimize the effects of floods, particularly along large rivers such as the Mississippi River.
James Barnett Jr.’s fantastically detailed book Beyond Control: The Mississippi River's New Channel to the Gulf of Mexico tells the story of how on Apthe Old River Control. Speeding Floods to the Sea or The Evolution of Flood Control Engineering on the Mississippi River Unknown Binding – January 1, by W.E.
Elam (Author), Illustrated (Illustrator) See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. The Amazon Book Review Author interviews, book reviews, editors' picks, and more. Author: W.E. Elam.tributaries in the State of Washington, with a view to the control of its floods, in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the control of the floods of the Mississippi River, and of the Sacramento River, California, and for.O’Neill focuses on the creation of flood control programs along the lower Mississippi River and the Sacramento River, the first two rivers to receive federal flood control aid.
She describes how, in the early to mid-nineteenth century, planters, shippers, and merchants from both regions campaigned for federal assistance with flood control 3/5(1).
