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Undercover Work At Dam
Inside The Shelter . . . construction laborer Willard Stultz, 1624 Fourth Ave., works at the intake end of the big concrete tube that carries water from Mosquito Creek to Lake Manawa. Glen Durst, construction technician for the State Conservation…
Weir On Mosquito Creek first In The State Of Iowa
Heavy Equipment . . . is moving thousands of cubic yards of earth from the bed of Mosquito Creek to form the base for a large dam.
Engineer To Send Water Through Lake-Creek Tube - Testing For Defects . . .
Impounded Water . . . helped by upstream rains, backs up behind the Mosquito Creek-Lake Manawa diversion structure.
Creek-Lake Diversion Tried 40 Years Ago - Simple Solution To Water Problem At That Time . . .
(top) An Early Project . . . to divert Mosquito Creek into Lake Manawa was centered around this makeshift creek dam near the eastern edge of the lake. This 40-year-old photo shows John Walton, Charley Keyes and Harry Cook standing on the downstream…
Weather Is Key To Lake Project - Manawa To Get A Summer Drink
Sand Bars . . . add dramatic proof to the current plight of Lake Manawa. Normally, the water would extend past the boardwalk in the foreground.
Creek-Lake Diversion Job May Start Late This Fall
Proposed Diversion Project . . . from Mosquito Creek to Lake Manawa. The dotted line shows the route of the four-foot tube from the diversion structure on the creek to the lake.