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The Levee Theory on the Mississippi River. An Informal Discussion at the Annual Convention, June 10th, 1903
“In the Treatment of the Mississippi River, is the Levee Theory justified by Experience?”
The question whether a theory is justified by experience is hardly fair, when its application is quite incomplete, as is the case on the Lower Mississippi River, where the levees have, as yet, neither the grade, section nor extension considered necessary, and the present contents, in cubic yards, are not more than two-thirds of the quantity required by the adopted standard.
The Levee Theory on the Mississippi River. An Informal Discussion at the Annual Convention, June 10th, 1903
“In the Treatment of the Mississippi River, is the Levee Theory justified by Experience?”
The question whether a theory is justified by experience is hardly fair, when its application is quite incomplete, as is the case on the Lower Mississippi River, where the levees have, as yet, neither the grade, section nor extension considered necessary, and the present contents, in cubic yards, are not more than two-thirds of the quantity required by the adopted standard.
The Levee Theory on the Mississippi River. An Informal Discussion at the Annual Convention, June 10th, 1903
Harrod, B. M. (author) / Brown, L. W. (author) / Ockerson, J. A. (author) / Haupt, Lewis M. (author) / Thomas, B. F. (author) / Richardson, Henry B. (author) / Dabney, T. G. (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 51 ; 331-414
2021-01-01
841903-01-01 pages
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