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Flood of 1952 File #3
Sandbagging activity near the North Levee
Flood of 1952 File #3
Levee workers take a water break
Flood of 1952 File #3
Reinforcing the levee along the Council Bluffs side of the Missouri River below the Douglas Street bridge
Flood of 1952 File #3
Checking out the Missouri River during Operation Communication
Flood of 1952 File #3
Filling sandbags
Flood of 1952 File #3
Sandbagging the levee along the Missouri River
Flood of 1952 File #3
Flooding along the Missouri River
Flood of 1952 File #3
Refugees debark at Pacific Junction IA
Flood of 1952 File #3
Flooding along the Missouri River
Flood of 1952 File #3
Sandbagging a trouble spot along the levee
Flood of 1952 File #3
Plum Creek, south of Thurman, Iowa
Flood of 1952 File #3
Sandbags on Iowa Highway 34
Flood of 1952 File #3
Nighttime sandbagging
Flood of 1952 File #3
Checking the levee on the Missouri River
Flood of 1952 File #3
Flood prevention efforts along the levee
Flood of 1952 File #3
The North Levee, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Flood of 1952 File #3
A human chain passes sandbags along at the North Levee in Council Bluffs.
Flood of 1952 File #3
One of the great worries of the flood was sandboils, caused by water seeping under the levees and breaking through the earth behind them. Sandboils near the Douglas Street bridge on the Iowa side are ringed with sandbags.
Flood of 1952 File #2
Levee breach on the Missouri River
April 1952
April 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
North Levee, Council Bluffs, IA
April 1952
April 1952