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Roller Bearing...on the council Bluffs abutment of the I-480 Bridge is inspected by William J. Kontor.

aerial view of two bridges over Missouri River; some snow cover on the ground; looking from the Iowa side

aerial view of Missouri River, with two bridges; looking from the Omaha side, with rail yard in foreground, between the bridges

tram car (number 51 on front of car) with windows broken, outside the company barn. Ten workmen standing beside car, one inside the car at the front. Painted on the barn are "Council Bluffs" and "Bridge". On the front of the car: O & CB Bridge[?]…

Initial Visit . . . . To Headquarters Ninth Air Force by General Frank F. Everest (left), Commander, Tactical Air Command, was accomplished Thursday at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. General Everest chats with Ninth Air Force Commander Major…

Col. Frank Everest. . . . for "skillful leadership", a Silver Star.

Essex IA

The United States Post Office in Essex, Iowa

Mr. and Mrs. Folmer Jensen, Kimballton, hitched up for the Essex Centennial parade Monday along with dozens of other "pioneer folks" and "Daniel Boones." The celebration ended Labor Day.

A Big Attraction Monday . . . at the Essex centennial parade was a float containing an old-fashioned bathtub with a live occupant. There was more than one peek over the rim but the proliferation of soap suds muddied the view. The Labor Day parade…

The Ervin Building, formerly the Bennett Building, in Council Bluffs, Iowa

The Bennett Building, Council Bluffs, Iowa in the 1930's

Bridge Sites Considered for Span Between C.B. and Omaha

29th Ave. to Spring St. (see separate file on "Bridge, Spring Street"
9th Ave. to Leavenworth
Ave B. to about Capitol
I60 (adjacent to Mormon Bridge)
I480 (see separate file "Bridge…

These numbers...on supports underneath the I-480 bridge don't show the depth of the Missouri River.
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