Book/Printed Material Memorial of Colonel George W. Morse, on the subject of the construction of the Mississippi levees. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Mississippi Levees and ordered to be printed
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Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 43-237 43d Congress HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MisDoc 1st Session j No 237 MEMORIAL OF COLONEL GEORGE W MORSE ON THE Subject of the construction of the Mississippi levees April 1 1874Referred to the…- Contributor: Morse, George W. - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States Congress. House - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1874
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Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 43-237 2 CONSTRUCTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEVEES material held in suspension by the water or because of their greater specific gravity they are more certain to drop by a slight check of the…- Contributor: Morse, George W. - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States Congress. House - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1874
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Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 43-237 CONSTRUCTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEVEES 3 are unable to resist its action and they in turn cave away allowing the river to reach and overflow the low lands raising them up by…- Contributor: Morse, George W. - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States Congress. House - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1874
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Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 43-237 4 CONSTRUCTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEVEES In this way the sandbars are formed and their formation assists in forcing the river out of its bed finally leaving them to be overlaid by…- Contributor: Morse, George W. - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States Congress. House - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1874
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Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 43-237 CONSTRUCTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEVEES 5 But the material of which these bars are composed grows finer the nearer the Gulf is approached which is considered as evidence that they roll forward…- Contributor: Morse, George W. - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States Congress. House - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1874
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Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 43-237 6 CONSTRUCTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEVEES moutli of the Missouri and at different stations along the river to the last point of land in the Gulf would show more clearly the character…- Contributor: Morse, George W. - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States Congress. House - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1874
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Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 43-237 CONSTRUCTION OF TIIE MISSISSIPPI LEVEES 7 part of the reservoir action of the swamps because the time for flood ing the swamps would then be too limited to produce the required results…- Contributor: Morse, George W. - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States Congress. House - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1874
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Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 43-237 8 CONSTRUCTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEVEES is of the utmost importance and the time lost by the river in carrying off the water while the lakes are filling can never be recovered…- Contributor: Morse, George W. - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States Congress. House - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1874
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Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 43-237 CONSTRUCTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEVEES 9 of the river was raised while the discharge by the riverchannels above was diminished by the outlet This increased discharge below by the influx of the…- Contributor: Morse, George W. - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States Congress. House - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1874
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Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 43-237 10 CONSTRUCTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEVEES about onethird of the distance by the channels it would be strange if the swampwater did not get down the valley faster by the swamproute than…- Contributor: Morse, George W. - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States Congress. House - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1874
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Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 43-237 CONSTRUCTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEVEES 11 rected to the opening of this short route through the lakes for the pur poses of navigation apparently quite oblivious to the effects which might be…- Contributor: Morse, George W. - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States Congress. House - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1874
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Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 43-237 12 CONSTRUCTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEYEES It lias often been said that in many parts of the river at the time of its floods it is as easy to row a boat…- Contributor: Morse, George W. - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States Congress. House - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1874
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Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 43-237 CONSTRUCTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEVEES 13 so that the overflows below were far less frequent than of late years but opening the river into them as has been shown prevented this action…- Contributor: Morse, George W. - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States Congress. House - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1874
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Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 43-237 14 CONSTRUCTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEVEES pendently or under certain conditions and it is only under such condi tions as are adapted to their use that I propose to apply them For…- Contributor: Morse, George W. - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States Congress. House - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1874
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Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 43-237 o CONSTRUCTION OP THE MISSISSIPPI LEVEES 15 channels by deposits of sediment leaves no hope of successfully pre venting its overflows This last evidence that the channel below is filling with sediment…- Contributor: Morse, George W. - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States Congress. House - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1874
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Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 43-237- Contributor: Morse, George W. - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States Congress. House - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1874
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Title
- Memorial of Colonel George W. Morse, on the subject of the construction of the Mississippi levees. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Mississippi Levees and ordered to be printed
Other Title
- Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 43-237
Names
- United States Congress. House
- Morse, George W.
- United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
- United States. Congress. House, author
Created / Published
- [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1874.
Headings
- - Erosion
- - Flood control
- - Alluvial plains
- - Floodplains
- - Hydrographic surveying
- - Lakes
- - Levees
- - Riparian areas
- - Rivers
- - Bodies of water
- - Soils
- - Water diversion
- - Water levels
- - Wetlands
Genre
- Government publication
- Legislative materials
Medium
- 1 online resource (15 pages).
Call Number/Physical Location
- KF12
- 43-1:H.MIS.DOC.237
- Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 1619
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Library of Congress Control Number
- 2024882790
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- image
- online text
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- Morse, George W.
- United States Congress. House
- United States. Congress. House
- United States. Government Publishing Office