Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government: Water Resources and Power Report : Hearings Before a Special Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, First Session, November 21 and 22, 1955, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1956 - 3036 pages |
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... dam build- ing under the program of the Soil Conservation Service be transferred to the United States Army Corps of Engineers . This latter recom- mendation is embraced by the full Commission in its recommendation No. 6 on page 71 ...
... dam build- ing under the program of the Soil Conservation Service be transferred to the United States Army Corps of Engineers . This latter recom- mendation is embraced by the full Commission in its recommendation No. 6 on page 71 ...
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... dam- ages were comparatively small . Accordingly , it is evident that the existence of Wallpack Bend Res- ervoir would have eliminated much of the $ 16 million damage in Bucks County , as well as much of the main stream damage further ...
... dam- ages were comparatively small . Accordingly , it is evident that the existence of Wallpack Bend Res- ervoir would have eliminated much of the $ 16 million damage in Bucks County , as well as much of the main stream damage further ...
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... dams in place in the upper basin with the function of providing flood control . There were a few privately owned electric dams , with no flood - control function . New York had these two single - purpose water - supply reservoirs , with ...
... dams in place in the upper basin with the function of providing flood control . There were a few privately owned electric dams , with no flood - control function . New York had these two single - purpose water - supply reservoirs , with ...
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... dams and tunnels . The consulting engineers favor a plan to lease power rights to regularly established privately owned utilities . It would not exclude the Federal interest to see that 30 ORGANIZATION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.
... dams and tunnels . The consulting engineers favor a plan to lease power rights to regularly established privately owned utilities . It would not exclude the Federal interest to see that 30 ORGANIZATION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.
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... dams were in place in the upper basin with the function of providing flood control . There were a few small privately owned hydroelectric dams with no flood - control function ORGANIZATION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT 35.
... dams were in place in the upper basin with the function of providing flood control . There were a few small privately owned hydroelectric dams with no flood - control function ORGANIZATION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT 35.
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