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Man Defeats River in Flood Threat of 1952
Cots Fill Gymnasium...at Abraham Lincoln High School, the main evacuation center set up by the Red Cross. More than 250 evacuees took refuge in this center as the appalling river threatened their homes. Other Red Cross shelters cared for a total of…
No Time to Be Lulled Into False Sense of Security; Stand-by Crews at Levees
At Trouble Spot on North Levee...army engineers are building a tie-back levee from the hill through Big Lake park and joining the main levee between the North western and Illinois Central railroad tracks.
IC Works From Both Ends to Repair Flooded Track; 12-mile Stretch Damaged
Roller Coaster Roadbed...faces Illinois Central crewmen for two miles where rails and ties sagged of their own weight when roadbed was washed out.
Council Bluffs--History--Flood (1952)
Older man with cane sitting on chair, with 3 young boys sitting on the floor around him; man is speaking to the boys.
Council Bluffs--History--Flood (1952)
Man in work clothes and boots, lying on his back across three folding chairs next to a radiator; arms are crossed over his eyes.
Council Bluffs--History--Flood (1952)
Man reclining on ground cloth in makeshift shelter of sandbags.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Broadway west from Scott St. took on a drab look the first week of April 1952. The city threatened by Missouri River flooding, sandbags wallowed hog-like in the center of the business district. Nearly all business…
Present Dams Would Take 8 Feet Off 52 Flood Crest
If 1952 Flood Happened This Year . . . this chart, prepared by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, shows what would happen at Council Bluffs if the Missouri River flood of April 1952 were to happen today. Because Fort Randall is now impounding water, the…
Make Much Progress on 3 Missouri River Dams
Earth-moving Ceases . . .
First Harnessing of Missouri River . . . in South Dakota was completed this year at Fort Randall Dam. All Missouri River water is now flowing through tubes in main embankment at left. Closure section built this year is at center. - Army Photo
Make Much Progress on 3 Missouri River Dams
Earth-moving Ceases . . .
Invading the Missouri River . . . near Pierre, S.D., is Oahe Dam, now 5 percent complete. Pyramid of earth in upper center is completed 1,500-foot section of dam. Sheet pile cut-off wall shown being driven in trench to right of square embankment…
Flood of 1952 File #6
Empty railroad tracks
Flood of 1952 File #6
Flood evacuees
Flood of 1952 File #6
Getting their shots
Flood of 1952 File #6
Flood evacuees
Flood of 1952 File #6
Evacuation traffic in downtown Council Bluffs
Flood of 1952 File #6
Peeling potatoes for the troops
Flood of 1952 File #6
Leaky roof
Flood of 1952 File #6
Story time
Flood of 1952 File #6
Crane on the levee
Flood of 1952 File #6
Sandbagging at night