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Bridge demolition

Some trusses of the old Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge between Council Bluffs and Omaha on the Missouri Rive were cut loose Friday and lowered to barges moored below. On the other side of the bridge a truss was lowered by the crane mounted on one of the barges.…

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Winding up his work

Mark Loizeau with his father, John, set and detonated dynamite charges that dropped the last span of the Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge Saturday. He was pleased with the demolition which went off with a loud boom and few hitches. -- Nonpareil photos

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Old bridge is framed

The 79-year-old remains of the Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge, blasted into the water last Saturday, were being cut up for scrap Wednesday by workmen for Allied Structured Steel of Hammond, Ind. The 100,000 tons of steel will be sliced into smaller sections for…

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Trinity Baptist Church

Baptist Church
Trinity
22nd St. & Ave B
Formerly Second Baptist

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Trinity Baptist closed its doors

This Brick Structure...will always be known by a number of families as Trinity Baptist Church's educational Unit. However, the church's senior members have disbanded, and the denomination has sold the facility to a Council Bluffs couple who plan to…

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New Work On Trinity Baptist

Miss Lola Thompson, 2419 Avenue E. talks about new construction on Trinity Baptist Church with worker Larry Wooley, 912 Cathy Lane. Miss Thompson, a long-time church member, is the former organist for the church.

The construction of the new front…

Tags: Baptist Churches, Larry Wooley, Lola Thompson, Trinity Baptist Chruch

Trinity Baptist Structure Closed

Trinity Baptist Church...which was moved to this corner of 22nd Street and Avenue B a few years after 1890, is to be torn down and replaced as off-street parking for its worshippers.

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Trinity Baptist To Dedicate New education Unit

New Education Unit...at Trinity Baptist Church has been completed and will be dedicated at special services Sunday. The addition will house classrooms and a pastor's study.

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Trinity Baptist Hopes To Begin 1959 In New Unit

Education Unit...at Trinity Baptist Church, facing Twenty-second St. and Avenue B, is now half completed.

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Trinity has Parsonage For First Time in 67 Years; Hitch Family Will Occupy

Recently-purchased Parsonage...of Trinity Baptist Church is located at 2623 Avenue A. This is the first time since the church was started here in the late 1880s that it has had a parsonage.

Tags: Baptist Churches, Parsonages, Trinity Baptist Church