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Flood control on the Mississippi river. (U. S. Govt. print. off., 1930), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control (page images at HathiTrust)
Report on flood control in Germany, February 1, 1938 (Corps of Engineers, 1938), by W. W. Wanamaker and United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)
Relief from floods : the fundamentals of flood prevention, flood protection and the means for determining proper remedies (McGraw-Hill, 1918), by John W. Alvord and Charles Baker Burdick (page images at HathiTrust)
The Pickwick Landing Project : a comprehensive report on the planning, design, construction, and initial operations of the Pickwick Landing Project (U.S. G.P.O., 1941), by Tennessee Valley Authority (page images at HathiTrust)
Construction plant and methods for flood control on the lower Mississippi River and similar streams (Headquarters of the Society, 1936), by American Society of Civil Engineers. Committee on Flood Control (page images at HathiTrust)
High-pressure reservoir outlets: a report on Bureau of reclamation installations (Govt. print. off., 1923), by United States Bureau of Reclamation, John L. Savage, and James Mason Gaylord (page images at HathiTrust)
Information for bidders on contracts for flood control works in the Miami valley. (Dayton, Ohio, 1917), by Miami conservancy district (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Contract for local flood protection : Form for contracts 27, 34 to 46, 49 to 51, 53 to 55, 58 and 59. (Dayton, Ohio, 1917), by Miami conservancy district (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Contract for dams and appurtenances : Forms for contracts 1 to 5 inclusive. (Dayton, Ohio, 1917), by Miami conservancy district (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Brief instructions on methods of gully control (U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Engineering, 1933), by C. E. Ramser, Lewis Allen Jones, United States. Soil Conservation Service, and United States. Bureau of Agricultural Engineering. Div. of Drainage and Soil Erosion Control (page images at HathiTrust)
Concrete structures for flood control; soil and water conservation ... (Portland cement association, 1937), by Portland Cement Association (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Cape Fear River, N.C. Joint report of land and water resources study. ([Wilmington, N.C.?], 1961), by United States Army Corps of Engineers, North Carolina. Department of Water Resources, and United States. Soil Conservation Service (page images at HathiTrust)
Flood routing methods; discussion and bibliography. (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1960), by Vujica M. Yevdjevich and Geological Survey (U.S.). Surface Water Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
Southern New York and Oswego River watershed flood control porjects. Annual inspection tour. New York State Flood Control Commission. (U.S. Engineer Office, 1944), by New York(State) Flood Control Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Report on floods of December 1964. [Projects and project effects] (Office of the District Engineer], 1965), by United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)
Below Stone's Mill Dam, Stevens County (Stevens County Museum and Historical Society, Morris, MN; http://www.stevenshistorymuseum.com, 1897) (page images at HathiTrust)
Effects of flood control projects on agriculture. I, Reservoir areas (Agricultural Experiment Station, University of New Hampshire, 1958), by George Burnet Rogers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Spillway and outlet works, East Branch Reservior, Clarion River, Pennsylvania : model investigation. (U.S. Waterways Experiment Station, 1951), by Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Upstream emergency dam Cheatham Lock, Cumberland River, Tennessee : hydraulic model investigation (U.S. Waterways Experiment Station, 1953), by Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.) and United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Nashville District (page images at HathiTrust)
A study of embankment performance during overtopping ([U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station] ;, 1991), by Paul A. Gilbert, S. Paul Miller, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, and United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)
Hydraulics of the Miami flood control project (Miami conservancy district, 1920), by Sherman M. Woodward (page images at HathiTrust)
Model study of Prado flood-control dam : hydraulic model investigation (Waterways Experiment Station, 1989), by John F. George, United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles District, and U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (page images at HathiTrust)
Report on tests of experimental flood wall gate (United States Engineer Office, 1938), by W. Va.) United States. Engineer Office (Huntington (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Trinity River and Tributaries, Texas. Hearings before the Committee on rivers and harbors, House of representatives, Seventy-eighth Congress, first session, on the subject of the improvement of the Trinity river basin, Tex., for navigation, flood control, and allied purposes. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1943), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors (page images at HathiTrust)
Evaluation of flood peak prediction methods in northern Nevada in relation to dam safety (Center for Water Resources Research, Desert Research Institute, 1975), by A. B. Cunningham (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Local protection project for Huntington, West Virginia (United States Engineer Office, 1938), by W. Va.) United States. Engineer Office (Huntington (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Chena River Lakes Project, Alaska : problems relating to channel development, erosion, and bank and levee protection (Committee on Channel Stabilization, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1973), by C. P. Lindner and G. B. Fenwick (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Potential energy and capacity gains from flood control storage reallocation at existing U.S. hydropower reservoirs (Hydrologic Engineering Center, 1981), by Bill S. Eichert and Vernon R. Bonner (page images at HathiTrust)
Techniques for real-time operation of flood control reservoirs in the Merrimack River Basin (Hydrologic Engineering Center, 1975), by Bill Eichert, Arthur F. Pabst, and John C. Peters (page images at HathiTrust)
Dual purpose detention basins and surveillance procedures in urbanizing watersheds (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Water Resources Research Institute, 1979), by William Whipple, Alan W. McIntosh, Rutgers University. Water Resources Research Institute, and United States. Office of Water Research and Technology (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Flood control Winooski River, Vermont U.S. Engineer Office, New York, N.Y. (Corps of Engineers, 1938) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
General information, the St. Francis River Project. (Memphis, Tenn. : U.S. Engineer Office, 1938., 1938), by United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)
Seasonal and spatial distribution of zooplankton in a flood control reservoir and tailwater (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station;, 1983), by Jerry F. Novotny, Robert D. Hoyt, Environmental and Water Quality Operational Studies (U.S.), U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, and United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)
Wall design : Flood walls (Dept. of the Army, Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1948), by United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)
Reservoirs at the headwaters of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio rivers and their tributaries : Letter from the secretary of war, transmitting, with a letter from the chief of engineers, report on the necessity and practicability of establishing a system of impounding reservoirs at the headwaters of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio rivers and their tributaries. (Govt. print. off, 1913), by United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)
An economic study of proposals for including the Lower Peoples Creek area in the Fort Belknap Irrigation Project (Missouri River Basin Investigations Staff, Region no. 2, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1948), by H D McCullough and C S Runyan (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Flood dams and reservoirs -- Abstracts

Flood routing methods; discussion and bibliography. (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1960), by Vujica M. Yevdjevich and Geological Survey (U.S.). Surface Water Branch (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Flood dams and reservoirs -- Alabama

The Guntersville Project : a comprehensive report on the planning, design, construction, and initial operations of the Guntersville Project (Knoxville, Tenn. : Tennessee Valley Authority, 1941., 1941), by Tennessee Valley Authority (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Flood dams and reservoirs -- Arizona

Irrigation and flood protection, Papago Indian reservation, Arizona. ([Govt. print. off.], 1913), by United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, Wendell M. Reed, Francis R. Schanck, and Charles R. Olberg (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Flood dams and reservoirs -- California

Report on Knight's Landing cut project to the Knight's Landing Ridge Committee. (Haviland & Tibbetts, 1912), by San Francisco Haviland & Tibbetts and Knight's Landing Ridge Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
The control of floods by reservoirs (California State Print. Office, 1928), by Paul Bailey (page images at HathiTrust)
Santa Ana investigation. Flood control and conservation. A report prepared pursuant to acts of the Legislature, chapter 476 of the Statutes of 1925 and chapter 809 of the Statutes of 1927. December 1, 1928. (California State Print. Office, 1929), by William S. Post (page images at HathiTrust)
South coastal basin. A cooperative symposium of activities and plans of public agencies in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties, leading to conservation of local water supplies and management of underground reservoirs. 1930. (California State Print. Office, 1930), by California Division of Water Resources and Harold Conkling (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Santa Ana River basin. A plan for flood control and conservation of waste water. Present and future importation requirements. Sources of outside supply. Salinity intrustion. 1930. (California State Print. Office, 1930), by California Division of Water Resources and Harold Conkling (page images at HathiTrust)
Model study of Prado flood-control dam : hydraulic model investigation (Waterways Experiment Station, 1989), by John F. George, United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles District, and U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (page images at HathiTrust)
Snow surveys as an aid in flood control operation of reservoirs (State of California, Dept. of Public Works, Division of Water Resources, 1943), by Fred Paget, T. J. McMahon, Fred B. Ervast, and California Division of Water Resources (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Supplemental report to the Legislature concerning the status of implementation of chapter 780, Statutes of 1972 as amended by chapter 762, Statutes of 1973 : (Senate bills no. 896 and 1266). (Calif. Office of Emergency Services], 1974), by California. Office of Emergency Services (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Trap-efficiency study, Highland Creek flood retarding reservoir near Kelseyville, California : water years 1966-77 (Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, 1980), by L. F. Trujillo, United States. Soil Conservation Service, and Geological Survey (U.S.). Water Resources Division (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Flood dams and reservoirs -- Chariton River (Iowa and Mo.)

Chariton and Little Chariton rivers and tributaries, Iowa and Missouri : letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated March 22, 1965, submitting a report ... on the Chariton and Little Chariton rivers and tributaries, Iowa and Missouri, requested by a resolution of the Committee on Public Works, House of Representatives, adopted July 29, 1955. (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965), by United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Flood dams and reservoirs -- Colorado

Estimated water-quality conditions and potential downstream channel effects of the proposed Rock Creek and Wolford Mountain reservoirs, north-central, Colorado (Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey :, 1990), by David L. Butler and Colorado River Water Conservation District (Colo.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Bear Creek basin, South Platte River and tributaries, Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska : letter from the Secretary of the Army, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated January 15, 1968, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on an interim report on Bear Creek Basin, South Platte River and tributaries, Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska, requested by a resolution of the Committee on Public Works, United States Senate, adopted June 14, 1956. (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968), by Jennings Randolph and United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)

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