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Brickwork Up To Second Story
The above view of the city hall construction work shows workmen completing the laying of brick or the first story at the north wing of the building. The roof for this wing was poured early this week.
Start on Third Floor
Construction work on the new city hall building is progressing rapidly, Superintendent Pete Tellander said Saturday. Pouring of columns for the south section of the second floor was started last week. Work is also under way for setting the column…
WPA Building Forms For City Hall
With the WPA working a twelve-hour shift to complete driving of piles on the city hall project within the next fifteen to twenty days, workmen are preparing forms for the foundation concrete. This picture, taken from the fifth floor of the Park…
Read To Drive City Hall Piles
After delays of many weeks on the new city hall project at Council Bluffs got under way Monday morning with workers making the lot in readiness for the driving of piles. The first work done Monday morning was moving piling to one side in preparation…
Yes, John Q., We Could Use One
"Our city hall's not so hot," says John Q. Citizen. "It was a classy livery stable fifty years ago, but that doesn't make it a classy city hall today. We could have had a new one practically completed by the WPA by this time if certain local…
City Hall
elevated view of the west side of City Hall
City Hall
Photo of west side (and part of the north side) of City Hall
City Hall
Photo of east side of City Hall
City Hall
Photo of east side of City Hall.
On back of photo:
City Building, July 30, 1947
CB City Hall
Art work
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On back of photo:
City Building, July 30, 1947
CB City Hall
Art work
H-2
City Hall
elevate view of city hall construction site; workers framing third floor.
Label on back of photo:
Iowa Work Projects Administration
Date Taken: 10/9/1939
Project No: 3779
County : Pottawattamie
City: Council Bluffs
Title: City Hall…
Label on back of photo:
Iowa Work Projects Administration
Date Taken: 10/9/1939
Project No: 3779
County : Pottawattamie
City: Council Bluffs
Title: City Hall…
City Hall
aerial view of the city hall construction site, workers working on 3rd floor framing.
Label on back of photo:
Iowa Works Projects Administration
Date Taken: 10/9/1939
Project No: 3779
County: Pottawattamie; City: Council Bluffs
Title: City…
Label on back of photo:
Iowa Works Projects Administration
Date Taken: 10/9/1939
Project No: 3779
County: Pottawattamie; City: Council Bluffs
Title: City…
City Hall
Photo looking down on City Hall construction site, looking south; walls are beginning to be build on north side.
On back of photo:
New City Hall
May 2 - 1939
9653A
On back of photo:
New City Hall
May 2 - 1939
9653A
INRIP Development Area
This air photo, looking eastward, shows the newest industrial development area in - and adjoining - the Iowa-Nebraska River Industrial Park (INRIP) in Southwest Council Bluffs. (1) This is the six-acre tract purchased for the $400,000 expansion for…
Trackage In:
Union Pacific Railroad trackage now serves the Iowa-Nebraska River Industrial Park in the Southwest part of Council Bluffs. Peavey Elevator Co. can be seen in the background.
Multi-Million $ Plan To Develop Big River Area
Council Bluffs Industrial Foundation . . . has purchased some 732 acres (inside heavy black lines) south of the Union Pacific Railroad for $2.5 million and entered into a contract with the Iowa Nebraska River Industrial Park for development of the…
Public TV Coming Soon To SW Iowa
(Top) Soon To Broadcast . . . educational television to Southwest Iowa is the Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network (IEBN) tower northeast of Oakland. The building at the right contains various signal transmission devices and the tower's power…
Higher And Higher
Rising higher and higher is the new Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network tower eight miles northeast of Oakland. Workmen from a Georgia tower-erecting company, perched here at about the 500-foot level, attach electrical conduit for light hookups.
Changing The Plug
Rearranging the signals to and from the KBIN television tower will be quite a job in the future. Engineer Ronald Holtmyer said the huge plugs which he holds are to connect the new Iowa Educational Broadcating Network transmitter in Council Bluffs to…