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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…
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
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 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 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 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…
Fort Calhoun Ranks Third On Repairs List
The Fort Calhoun Station at Blair, NE, went into 100 percent operation in 1974.
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.
Former Stage Stopover Damaged By Fire, Smoke
Damaged House . . . is said to have been built by Mormons more than 100 years ago as a stagecoach stop.
Forgotten Hulk May Become Important Midwest Attraction
DeSoto Refuge Manager Jim Salyer...explains the proposed Bertrand Visitor Center during the unveiling of development plans for the National Wildlife Refuge which includes the 1865 steamship Bertrand. He points to a model of the Bertrand Cargo…
Forest of Christmas Trees
Attracting Children . . . to the nursery at the Dodge House is this tree trimmed with dolls, gingerbread men and other toys. It was decorated by Beth Pechacek and her family and is called We Wish You A Merry Christmas.
Foreign Exchange Student Now At ISD
Jacob Andreas Fjelde: Learning American sign language was difficult for the Norwegian student who is attending Iowa School for the Deaf. But "Andy" said his new-found friends taught him the language.