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Courthouses Have Colorful Histories
Concealing Its Age . . . is the Pottawattamie County Sub-Courthouse in Avoca. The brick building's construction predates the county's earliest records of it from 1885.
Covalt's Concert Band
Photograph of Covalt's Concert Band at Lake Manawa.
Cover-Up Job Keeps Lids On
Pouring Molten Steel . . . into manhole cover forms are M.L. McMiller, Omaha, at the ladle handle and three other Katelman Foundry steelworkers. The liquid reaches 2800 degrees before the men fill their 35 to 40 daily molds. When completed, the rings…
Cover-Up Job Keeps Lids On
Plans Are Created . . . by company draftsmen for a variety of manhole covers. This sketch is part of a two-inch thick book of cover designs.
Cover-Up Job Keeps Lids On
After It Is Molded . . . this is how the design above looks. This cover is at Mynster and Seventh Streets.
Cover-Up Job Keeps Lids On
The Katelman Name . . . is found on most manhole covers around town. Some give pedestrians a friendly "clank" when walked on.
Cover-Up Job Keeps Lids On
A Beehive Cover . . . allows excess water to enter the opening below but strains out such undesirables as weeds and sticks.
Cover-Up Job Keeps Lids On
Preparing A Cap . . . to stop the steel flowing from the cupola into the ladle is Willie Riley, Omaha. The steel worker uses a sand mixture similar to what the molds are made of to stop the molten steel flow each time the ladle is ready.
Covered Wagon Spurs Old West Study; In THe Halls Of Learning
Displaying The Covered Wagon...they built are Edison Junior High freshmen Jim Frieze, Russell Lekey, Roger Fox, Sherry Anderson and Bill Lane.
Cracks Bring Bond Election At Manning
Manning School District Voters . . . will go to the polls Wednesday to vote on a $985,000 bond issue to build a new addition to the elementary-junior high school. In September state engineers declared about half of the present school "structurally…
Crane Activity
City Hall saw a little activity Friday morning as a crane owned by Paulson Construction Company of Council Bluffs lifted an air conditioning unit into place atop the "penthouse."
Crash scene
Crash scene...spectators view the damaged two-seater airplane. Note the piece of wing, ripped from the plane. The craft hit the power pole before crashing to the ground.
Creation of Department of Finance consolidates Jobs, Saves Tax Dollars
Director Nels Hanse, Treasurer Lucille Morris, and Deputy Glen Haynes, team up to perform duties that previously required the servies of five employees.
Credit Engineer In Zephyr Crash; His Action Prevented More Injuries
Demolished Diesel Unit...lies on its side along Burlington Railroad at wreck scene. Nonpareil photo by Don Patton.
Credit Engineer In Zephyr Crash; His Action Prevented More Injuries
Tracks...were bent into half circle by the big engines as they plowed up several hundred yards of rails and ties.
Credit The Birds
This stray ivy plant has taken root near the top of the clock tower at Broadway Methodist Church, First Street and Broadway. And you can credit the birds, who probably carried a seed or piece of vine to the tower. The plant, on the north side of…
Creek-Lake Diversion Job May Start Late This Fall
Proposed Diversion Project . . . from Mosquito Creek to Lake Manawa. The dotted line shows the route of the four-foot tube from the diversion structure on the creek to the lake.
Creek-Lake Diversion Tried 40 Years Ago - Simple Solution To Water Problem At That Time . . .
(top) An Early Project . . . to divert Mosquito Creek into Lake Manawa was centered around this makeshift creek dam near the eastern edge of the lake. This 40-year-old photo shows John Walton, Charley Keyes and Harry Cook standing on the downstream…
