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Most city dwellers should have a pretty good idea of what this concrete slab represents. Unless they have been around town a while they may have trouble placing the location. Where is it?

Answer: The abandoned Water Works pumping station on North…

The camera angle makes a towering landmark appear to be shooting up from the top of a small mountain. Actually, the rock pile is nearly a block away from the landmark. Can you identify the combination?

Answer: The hill is a pile of rock aggregate…

Cannons on the scrap heap? No, it's another example of the growth of Council Bluffs. Instead of tossing high explosives, these "gun barrels" will soon mean added convenience for many Council Bluffs families. Can you identify the objects?

Answer:…

Today... the Missouri River is calm and peaceful--thanks to dry weather and the series of dams built upstream by Army Engineers. The river level is now about one-half foot, a far cry from five years ago. Compare the levels against the Water works…

Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Remember the flood threat of 1952 when Council Bluffs residents--aided by volunteers from neighboring towns--turned back the raging Missouri River? This is how the Water Works intake looked that April when the river…

Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This was Broadway Pumping Station in 1882 when West Broadway as little more than a trail through corn fields. Center is the original steam pump house, at left the operator's residence and right the reservoir. This…

Today...the Glendale reservoir is a covered concrete storage tank, left. The old caretaker's house was rebuilt and enlarged. When the residence was no longer needed by the Water Works, it was sold. It is now the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Holmes…

Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is the Glendale water reservoir and caretaker's house as they appeared before 1900. The original residence had two stories. Water for the house was drawn by bucket from the reservoir, according to Harry Pfeiffer,…