 | 1905 - 796 pages
...Where there was a good foreshore of timber and brush and the levee composed of impervious material, 3 to 1 on the river side and 2 to 1 on the land side were sufficient, hut where exi>osed to wave action a 5 to 1 slope on the river side was decided on.... | |
 | Royal Agricultural Society of England - 1905 - 794 pages
...Where there was a good foreshore of timber and brush and the levee composed of impervious material, 3 to 1 on the river side and 2 to 1 on the land side were sufficient, but where exposed to wave action a 5 to 1 slope on the river side was decided on.... | |
 | 1914 - 800 pages
...raised 2 feet above the present height with side slopes of the present existing levee embankment of 3 to 1 on the river side and 2 to 1 on the land side; that upon the basis upon which the present embankment was built the cost of constructJig said additional... | |
 | Harry Thomas Cory - 1915 - 508 pages
...1, as a rough average, and these were very quickly and cheaply flattened down hydraulically to about 2| to 1 on the river side and 2 to 1 on the land side. Furthermore, the slopes were really well finished with very slight additional care and expense. In... | |
 | Harry Thomas Cory - 1915 - 506 pages
...as a rough average, and these were very quickly and cheaply flattened down hydraulieally to about 2f to 1 on the river side and 2 to 1 on the land side. Furthermore, the slopes were really well finished with very slight additional care and expense. In... | |
 | 1916 - 978 pages
...is an embankment of earth varying in height from 10 feet to a maximum of 46 feet, the slopes being 2| to 1 on the river side and 2 to 1 on the land side, generally speaking. 4. Where the levee crosses tailraces of the mills and small streams suitable gates... | |
 | United States. Congress. House Irrigation of Arid Lands Committee - 1922 - 170 pages
...This levee is about 5 miles in length. It has a crown or top width of 6 to 8 feet, side slope of 3 to 1 on the river side and 2 to 1 on the inside, except that at the crossings of the numerous sloughs, where both inside and outside slopes... | |
 | Roald D. Tweet - 1984 - 464 pages
...construct a 35-mile levee between Flint Creek and the Iowa River. This was an earth levee with a slope of 3 to 1 on the river side and 2 to 1 on the land side, with a 4-foot width at the crown. The Flint Creek Levee was not only the first one constructed by the... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1884 - 650 pages
...needed to raise all levees Ц feet above high water of 1882. The slope for new levees is calculated at 3 to 1 on the river side and 2 to 1 on the land side. The crown of the levees equals the fill up to a fill of 8 feet; above 8-feet till the crown will not exceed... | |
 | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - 1884 - 680 pages
...needed to raise all levees Ц feet above high water of 1882. The slope for new levees is calculated at 3 to 1 on the river side and 2 to 1 on the land side. The crown of the levees equals the fill up to a fill of 8 feet ; above 8-feet fill the crown will not exceed... | |
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Mississippi for levees of moderate height is, the crown equal to the height, with slopes of 3 to 1 on the river side, and 2 to 1 on the land side. 
