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Railroad switch engine pulling off stuck truck on west side of North Western RR city depot, about 4 p.m.

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Looking East on Broadway from Eleventh Street, Council Bluffs, IA

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The Poudre in flood, looking west from the Oak Street Bridge, May 21, 1904

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Mosquito Creek in foreground, showing levee break into gasoline tanks farm.

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Proposed Missouri River development plan, 1971

Nonpareil 2011 Flood Special ocr.pdf
A special issue included in the Sunday, November 13, 2011 issue of the Daily Nonpareil. It details the flooding that occurred in Council Bluffs and other Southwest Iowa cities located near the Missouri River.

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Evacuation traffic in downtown Council Bluffs

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Peeling potatoes for the troops

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Sandbags along the levee in Council Bluffs

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Aerial view of a secondary levee, one-half mile below the primary North levee in Council Bluffs. It is 1.75 miles long, built over 28 sets of railroad tracks and was constructed in just 2.5 days.
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