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Daily Nonpareil 2011 Flood Article
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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Empty railroad tracks
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Flood evacuees
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Getting their shots
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Flood evacuees
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Evacuation traffic in downtown Council Bluffs
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Peeling potatoes for the troops
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Leaky roof
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Story time
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Crane on the levee
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Sandbagging at night
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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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Sandbags and lumber along the Missouri River
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Army trucks and sand trucks on the street
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Boys at the Christian Home
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Ready for take-off
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Radio men
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Lumber for the levee.
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Story time