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Name Of Fort Randall Carries On A Tradition - Still Guarding The Valley . . .
Fort Randall Dam . . . at Pickstown, SD, will be dedicated with considerable fanfare Saturday. The program will mark the completion of the 200 million dollar project designed to help control the Missouri River. Intakes for the power generating…
Fort Randall Dam Spells River Protection - Wil Be Largest Body of Water in South Dakota . . .
Soon To Be Evacuated . . . by the ever rising water in Fort Randall's reservoir are these loons, seen nesting in trees that have already been covered by 35 to 40 feet of water. Water in the reservoir is expected to rise another 17 feet by the first…
Fort Randall Dam Spells River Protection - Will Be The Largest Body of Water in South Dakota
With A Mighty Roar . . . the impounded Missouri River water surges through 22-foot concrete-lined tunnels under the Fort Randall Dam, courses over the weir into a stilling basin, and then flows down toward Council Bluffs. Fort Randall now has a…
Fort Randall Dam, Pickstown SD
Almost taxed to capacity, the 300-ton overhead crane in the Fort Randall powerhouse lowers the 548,000 pound rotor for the number one generator. First power from the Army Engineers' most advanced of the Missouri River projects will go on the line…
Fort Randall Dam, Pickstown SD
A row of circuit breakers - king size fuses - in the huge switchyard at Fort Randall Dam. One of the largest in the world, the big power dispatching center is 900 feet long and 250 feet wide. Power from the generators is fed to the switchyard through…
Fort Randall Dam, Pickstown SD
Hydroelectric energy for the power-hungry Missouri Basin will be generated in this massive powerhouse at Fort Randall Dam, Pickstown, South Dakota, starting March 15, 1954. When completed, the big concrete and steel power center will be 710 feet long…