Word: floods
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...feet wide, and of sufficient depth to allow a vessel drawing 16 feet of water to pass through at low tide. The smaller lock will be suitable for launches and row boats. Eight sluices will be provided, and in emergencies the smaller lock will be used as a flood-sluice for letting water out of the basin. There will also be outlets for marginal conduits, through which all sewage overflow, which now goes into the basin in times of heavy rain storms, will be carried down to tide water. At present about 1800 feet of the marginal conduits...
...feet wide, and of sufficient depth to allow a vessel drawing 16 feet of water to pass through at low tide. The smaller lock will be suitable for launches and row boats. Eight sluices will be provided, and in emergencies the smaller lock will be used as a flood-sluice for letting water out of the basin. There will be also outlets for marginal conduits, through which all sewage overflow, which now goes into the basin in times of heavy rain storms, will be carried down to tide water...
...GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE. (Afternoon Meeting.) Papers: "The Erosion of Cirques by Glaciers" (30 m.), Mr. W. D. Johnson, of the United States Geological Survey. "A Flood in the Little Colorado River" (20 m.), Mr. F. E. Matthes. Geological Lecture Room...
...GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE. (Afternoon Meeting.) Papers: "The Erosion of Cirques by Glaciers" (30 m.), Mr. 75' D. Johnson, of the United States Geological Survey. "A Flood in the Little Colorado River" (20 m.), Mr. F. E. Matthes. Geological Lecture Room...
...GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE. Geology of the Wilmington, Vt., Quadrangle. Mr. C. W. Brown. Some Features in the Process of Re-establishing Drainage as shown by the Merrimac River. Mr. G. R. Mansfield. The Mississippi Flood of 1903. Professor Davis. Geological Lecture Room...