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Council Bluffs' has own 'jaws'
A giant shredding machine at Alter Co., 2603 Ninth Ave. capable of tearing up more than 1,000 old automobiles a day is ready for operation. Looking into the heart of the machine workmen are installing the 22 hammers that do the shredding, each hammer…
Finished product . . .
Finished product . . . of big shredder is shown by Tom Hale, account executive at Alters. Old autos are reduced to clean metal more or less the size of baseballs, and read for steel mills and foundrys over the United States and abroad to be recycled…
To feed machine . . .
To feed machine . . . an all hydraulic gantry crane sits high above wheels and rails to keep the hungry shredder's hopper full. Big jaws on the crane easily grab an auto off the pile of thousands on hand. The bodies are fed into the Alter yard from…
Aidex cleanup completion
Three people standing outside on Aidex property. Left to right, one man in a hard hat, a woman, another man in a baseball cap.
Aidex cleanup to gear up in summer
This is the Aidex Corp. plant site in the summer of 1983. Removal of hazardous wastes, many of which were contained in barrels on the site, began in the spring of that year. -- Nonpareil file photo.
Aidex Corp. I29 & HWY370
Officials discuss the completed of the Aidex Corp. plant Tuesday while standing near a ground water measuring well that reads ground water contamination levels. From left, Jim O'Neil, United States Corp of Engineers of Fort Crook, Neb. ; Jean…
Aidex finishes toxic cleanup
The Aidex plan in 1983 when the cleanup project began. --Nonpareil file photo.
On back of photo - 1983
On back of photo - 1983
Bayliss Park Fountain
photo of Bayliss Park Fountain, lit, at night
Bayliss Park Fountain
Bayliss Park Fountain (brick, with lions); 2 children sitting on wall near it
Spring Cleaning
Spring Cleaning....The Bayliss Park Fountain is undergoing its initial stages of spring cleaning Wednesday, as park employee Norman Hensley[?] works on the top level. The fountain will be given a fresh spray coat as soon as a clean up is complete. …
Touch-Up Time
The fountain in Bayliss park gets a new coat of paint from city park employee Robert Hemmingsen. Plans to replace the landmark with a modern centerpiece have been set aside for this season. [accessed from NewsBank search of Council Bluffs Daily…
'Shaky' Old Fountain May Be Retired By Its 70th Birthday
Bayliss Park Fountain
Park Board Member Everett Shockey
Park Board Member Everett Shockey looks at the remains of Old Rusty in Bayliss Park. The Park Board is planning the installation of an elaborate, modern fountain at the site." [accessed via NewsBank search of Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, on…
Bayliss Park Fountain
Bayliss Park Fountain, couple eating lunch on park bench in front of fountain
Bayliss Park Fountain
Bayliss Park Fountain at Christmastime (dusk or dawn)
Boulder in Bayliss Park Is Memorial To Emigrants
This large boulder on the north side of Bayliss park commemorates the early travel upon the Moron Trail through Kanesville, now Council Bluffs, and is dedicated to the throngs who crossed Iowa in advance of the settlement here. It was presented by…
Bayliss Park Fountain Cherubs Are Returning; Water Will Spout Again on May 1
Cherub...back at the old stand
New Walks For Bayliss Park
Work started Monday morning removing old sidewalks from Bayliss Park to make way for new walks and a driveway to the speaker's platform. Hansen and Hansen, contractors, were granted a $3, 210 contract for the improvements. The grade will be raised…