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End Near For Art Of Bygone Era
Ornate Chandelier . . . now tarnished and damaged still hangs in the parlor. Part of the painted friezes decorating the rooms can be seen behind it.
End Near For Art Of Bygone Era
Front Parlor Ceiling . . . is decorated by cherubs supporting scroll with initials A.A. C. The paintings are believed to have been commissioned by Al Clark, who once lived in the apartments.
Owner Voices Faith In City's Future As New Ja-Ru-Ka Apartments Are Thrown Open To Public
The new Ja-Ru-Ka apartment building
Irwin Plans To Seek A Third Term
Sam Irwin
Bluffs Men In Honor List At Iowa State
George Irvine
Committee To Scrutinize IWCC Finalists
Robert Anderson
Eugene Schorzmann
Jack Huck
Richard Blacker
Eugene Schorzmann
Jack Huck
Richard Blacker
Workmen Get Big Lift On The Job
Customer Service . . . sends Monte Christensen up a (power) pole - literally. He's an installer-repairman for Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. and usually gets a birds-eye view of the neighborhoods in which he works. He says one of the biggest hazards…
It Takes Plenty Of Coal To Keep Fires Burning
Expansion At Power Plant . . . is viewed from the roof of the existing structure by Superintendent John Thorson. The existing plant has a capacity of 140,000 kilowatts. The new plant will increase the capacity by 720,000 kilowatts and is scheduled to…
Electric Truck For Iowa Power
This new electric truck like three other new ones across Iowa - was unveiled Thursday by The Iowa Power and Light Company in Council Bluffs. Edward L. Birdsall, assistant vice-president and manager for the Western Division of Iowa Power, demonstrates…
Black 'Thing' Atop Hotel Aids IPALCO
A Complex . . . of technical electronic components are to be utilized in the basement of Iowa Power and Light Co. Part of the equipment there is basic power supply, signal connector and transmitters and receivers.
IPALCO Buys 16th Ave. Site - To Become New Service Center
New Service Site . . . for Iowa Power and Light Co., will be this building and a smaller unit at Sixteenth Ave. and Third St.
Portable Substation Is Purchased By IPALCO - Designed For Emergency Use
Awaiting Delivery . . . from a railroad flat car is the Iowa Power and Light Company's portable substation.
IPALCO To Spend Third Of Budget On C.B. Plant - Sells $10 Million In Bonds
Growing On Schedule . . . is this 90,000-kilowatt addition to the Iowa Power and Light Co. plant near Manawa. It is to be completed next December. At left is the generating plant, and at right the steel framework for new boilers.
At IPALCO Plant
Railroad service for visitors at the new Iowa Power & Light Co.'s Council Bluffs Power Station was provided by this Burlington VistaDome car and Ipalco's own diesel locomotive. Here the train is backing into the plant, with boiler sections rising in…