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Fort Randall Dam, Pickstown SD
Hydroelectric energy for the power-hungry Missouri Basin will be generated in this massive powerhouse at Fort Randall Dam, Pickstown, South Dakota, starting March 15, 1954. When completed, the big concrete and steel power center will be 710 feet long…
Multiple Benefits From Fort Peck Reservoir - Beautiful Montana Project Helped Save Council Bluffs . . .
Fort Peck's Power Plant . . . is one of the highest buildings in Montana. A height of 271 feet is needed to enclose surge tanks that prevent water from reservoir tunnels damaging generator turbines. Four 24-foot tunnels, each about 1.25 miles long,…
Multiple Benefits From Fort Peck Reservoir - Beautiful Montana Project Helped Save Council Bluffs
Water Coursing Down the Fort Peck Spillway . . . attains a speed of about 60 miles an hour in the mile long concrete channel as it falls 214 feet to the stilling basin. Part of the 180 mile long reservoir is shown at the upper right. By closing these…
Fort Peck Dam & Reservoir
Fort Peck Dam 1952 - Upstream view of the 1000 foot wide spillway structure with a discharge capacity of 250,000 cubic feet per second. The discharge through the spillway is controlled by 16 vertical lift gates , each 40 feet in width and 25 feet in…
Fort Peck Dam & Reservoir
Fort Peck Dam 1952 - View of youth camp at the Pines recreational area on the shore of the Fort Peck Reservoir. The building at the left is the administration building; at the center is the dining and mess hall; and at the right is the assembly…
Fort Peck Dam & Reservoir
Fort Peck Dam 1952 - View of the axis of the dam taken from the east abutment of the dam. Located in the foreground are the emergency and main control shafts for the four 24'6" tunnels. To the left of the control shafts is the diesel substation used…
OPPD Checks Out Fort Calhoun Spill
An aerial view of the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Station. The station is located 19 miles north of Omaha on the west bank of the Missouri River. The nuclear plant has a total generating capacity of 455,000 kilowatts.
Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station
Fort Calhoun Station Unit No. 1 turbine generator.
Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station
Loading of the Fort Calhoun Station's reactor began in May 1973. One hundred thirty-three separate fuel assemblies were loaded into the reactor.
Fort Calhoun Ranks Third On Repairs List
The Fort Calhoun Station at Blair, NE, went into 100 percent operation in 1974.
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Roy V Ford
Cause Of Fire Is Still Undetermined, Says Chief - Speed Of Blaze Is Puzzling
After The Fire . . . firemen pull down weakened wall of the former George A Hoagland & Co. lumberyard at 724 S. Main St.
Fire At Old Lumber Yard Spreads To Ford Building - No Estimate Of Damage
Black Smoke Rolls . . . from the Hoagland Lumber yard during the height of the fire. The pall of smoke triggered telephone calls to The Nonpareil from as far away as the west side of the city. - Photo by Jack Kennedy
Let's Chat . . . with Pat Ford
Pat Ford
Patricia Ford Chosen Heart Association Head
Patricia Ford
A Profile: Sheriff Lynn Ford - 'I was getting burned out'
Sheriff Lynn Ford
Ford Resignation Stuns Supervisors
Lynn Ford
Ford Seeking 2nd Term
Lynn Ford
Ford Seeking Election To Sheriff Job
Lynn G. Ford
Ford Speaks To Businessmen
Former President Gerald Ford addressed the second annual Midwest Conference on Business in Omaha Thursday. While giving a morning press conference Ford commented that he supports the tax plan being proposed by President Ronald Reagan. (AP…