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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 Randall Dam Spells River Protection - Wil Be Largest Body of Water in South Dakota . . .
Soon To Be Evacuated . . . by the ever rising water in Fort Randall's reservoir are these loons, seen nesting in trees that have already been covered by 35 to 40 feet of water. Water in the reservoir is expected to rise another 17 feet by the first…
Fort Randall Dam Spells River Protection - Will Be The Largest Body of Water in South Dakota
With A Mighty Roar . . . the impounded Missouri River water surges through 22-foot concrete-lined tunnels under the Fort Randall Dam, courses over the weir into a stilling basin, and then flows down toward Council Bluffs. Fort Randall now has a…
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…
Fort Randall Dam, Pickstown SD
A row of circuit breakers - king size fuses - in the huge switchyard at Fort Randall Dam. One of the largest in the world, the big power dispatching center is 900 feet long and 250 feet wide. Power from the generators is fed to the switchyard through…
Fort Randall Dam, Pickstown SD
Almost taxed to capacity, the 300-ton overhead crane in the Fort Randall powerhouse lowers the 548,000 pound rotor for the number one generator. First power from the Army Engineers' most advanced of the Missouri River projects will go on the line…
Foster, Stephaney Carlson
Foster, Stephaney Carlson
Founder Of Blue Star Co. Gets National Honor
David J. Kaplan
Foundry Casts Almost Anything - It's Made In Council Bluffs . . .
A Ladle Of Molten Iron . . . is carefully poured into a mold by James Walker and Lester Goodman. After cooling, the metal will be a man-hole ring.
Foundry Casts Almost Anything - It's Made In Council Bluffs . . .
Welding An Iron Railing . . . at Katelman Foundry, is Ray e. Dietzel. Metal fabricating is one of the two major activities of the firm.
Fountain at Big Lake Park
Picture of the spring fed fountain at Big Lake Park, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Fountain at Manhattan Beach Park
Photograph of fountain at Lake Manawa.
Fountain Break
Taking a cool break on a warm day are two youths at the Bayliss Park fountain. As hot weather approaches, the two will probably not be the last who try to wade in the cool waters even though it's against city codes.
Fountain Filled
Lamps and nozels [sic] nearly fill the main pool of the new fountain in Bayliss park that is now nearing completion and will be turned on in about a week. Contractor Ed Larsen looks over the maze of equipment that will create a screen of flowing…
Fountain Gets Ready For Winter
With winter just around the corner, Parks and Recreation employes [sic] re draining the Bayliss Park fountain of water and removing the 110 color lights and other equipment for the winter season.
Ralph Ulmer, foreground, mans the pump while Bob…
Ralph Ulmer, foreground, mans the pump while Bob…
Fountain in Bayliss Park
Photograph of the original fountain in Bayliss Park.
Fountain Youths
Through the changes in the season, through many generations, the boy and girl on the old iron fountain have kept watch over Bayliss Park. This unusual photo by Larry Sollazzo of The Nonpareil captures the pair in the fountain shower during a sliver…
Fountain, Bayliss Park
Fountain - Bayliss Park, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Fountain's return to be commemorated
The "Black Angel," near Fairview Cemetery. The statue's fountain is now flowing again. --Nonpareil Photo