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C.B. Has Own Electricity For First Time In History - Changeover Made Friday Night . . .
Council Bluffs On Own Power . . . as switches are thrown by District Manager Vern Beats, above, and Distribution Supt. Claude Dilley at the Iowa Power & Light Co. sub-station on North Fifteenth St. Friday night.
Ipalco Officials, Guests Tour New Power Station
Ipalco Executives . . . check the luncheon menu before the preview tour of the new power plant. They are Vern Beats, district manager, and President N. Bernard Gussett, seated; E.T. Meredith, E.H. Mulock, John Shuler, and J.T. Schilling.
At IPALCO Plant
Railroad service for visitors at the new Iowa Power & Light Co.'s Council Bluffs Power Station was provided by this Burlington VistaDome car and Ipalco's own diesel locomotive. Here the train is backing into the plant, with boiler sections rising in…
IPALCO To Spend Third Of Budget On C.B. Plant - Sells $10 Million In Bonds
Growing On Schedule . . . is this 90,000-kilowatt addition to the Iowa Power and Light Co. plant near Manawa. It is to be completed next December. At left is the generating plant, and at right the steel framework for new boilers.
Power Plant Grows:
An aerial view of the Iowa Power and Light Co. plant south of Council Bluffs shows how a current 13-million-dollar construction project is progressing. the right half of the main building, including the second smokestack, is new. Steelwork visible in…
Portable Substation Is Purchased By IPALCO - Designed For Emergency Use
Awaiting Delivery . . . from a railroad flat car is the Iowa Power and Light Company's portable substation.
IPALCO Buys 16th Ave. Site - To Become New Service Center
New Service Site . . . for Iowa Power and Light Co., will be this building and a smaller unit at Sixteenth Ave. and Third St.
City Transit Lines, Inc.
photo of City Transit Lines bus, at corner of Vine and N. Main. Man standing outside door of bus, pointing forward; driver in bus preparing to pull out onto street.
Two Bus Firms Sign Agreement; Name Lee Chairman Of Transit's Board
Signing Agreement...between two bus firms are James R. Kiger, president of Transit Co., seated, and James P. Lee, head of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Co.
Transit Plans Service Change; Seven Old Buses Will Be Replaced.
New equipment...is inspected by bus company officials James Kiger and his son, Ronald. Seven buses will replace old units.
City Transit Buys 2 Buses; New Models Will Go In Service Soon
Heads-On View...shows the advanced design of new model buses to be added by City Transit Lines, Inc. Better driver visibility is a major feature.
36 Chamber Members Initiate Transit Firm's Airline Buses; New Behicles Cost $26,000 Each
Welcoming Abord...Chamber President C.W. (Bill) Emarine and Mayor Noran Davis is Transit President James R. Kiger. They were among the first persons to ride the new bus.
City Transit Lines, Inc.
Photo of 3 men exiting through door labeled "City Manager Information". Two of the men identified (on back of photo) as Roy C. Rolfe and Ron Kiger.
Civic, Shopping Center Is Suggested For Bluffs
Suggested Civic And Shopping Center...proposed for Council Bluffs under a lease-purchase arrangement is in the area of the old City Auditorium. Legend: T--Theater building with 300 seats; S--Future shops and office space; A--Arena and basketball…
Civic Center (proposed)
Site plan by Steel, Weinstein and Associates, Inc. (Architects and Engineers) for proposed Civic Center, including markings for Arena, Theater, Shopping, and Court.
Black 'Thing' Atop Hotel Aids IPALCO
A Complex . . . of technical electronic components are to be utilized in the basement of Iowa Power and Light Co. Part of the equipment there is basic power supply, signal connector and transmitters and receivers.
Electric Truck For Iowa Power
This new electric truck like three other new ones across Iowa - was unveiled Thursday by The Iowa Power and Light Company in Council Bluffs. Edward L. Birdsall, assistant vice-president and manager for the Western Division of Iowa Power, demonstrates…
It Takes Plenty Of Coal To Keep Fires Burning
Expansion At Power Plant . . . is viewed from the roof of the existing structure by Superintendent John Thorson. The existing plant has a capacity of 140,000 kilowatts. The new plant will increase the capacity by 720,000 kilowatts and is scheduled to…
Workmen Get Big Lift On The Job
Customer Service . . . sends Monte Christensen up a (power) pole - literally. He's an installer-repairman for Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. and usually gets a birds-eye view of the neighborhoods in which he works. He says one of the biggest hazards…
Games Help Solve Difficult Problem At ISD
Three-Dimensional Tick-Tack-Toe . . . is being played with the aid of microphone and amplifier by Dale Peak, Allen Love, Ross Weaver and Michael Whaley.