Army Model Of Missouri Helped Save Local Levees

Missouri_River1_04_28_1952_001.jpg

Title

Army Model Of Missouri Helped Save Local Levees

Subject

Local news

Description

This Is Council Bluffs . . . as viewed by employees of the U.S. army engineers at the Waterways Experiment Station near Clinton Miss. No. 1 is the Ak-Sar-Ben bridge river gauge; 2 - Union Pacific tracks; 3 - Twenty-ninth avenue, old Indian Creek channel; 4 - South Omaha bridge road; 5 - new Indian Creek outlet; 6 - Lake Manawa; 7 - Mosquito Creek. Curb at far right is bluff line; wire mesh at lower left and sound of Manawa is used to simulate willows, island, trees.

Creator

Nonpareil photos

Source

Daily Nonpareil

Publisher

Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

Date

April 27, 1952

Format

Black and white photograph

Type

Photograph

Identifier

Missouri_River1_04_28_1952_001.jpg

Coverage

Western Iowa

Rights

The Council Bluffs Public Library is unaware of any claim of copyright in the images in the collection. We encourage use of these materials under the fair use clause of the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. ยง 101 et seq). The Council Bluffs Public Library has provided in the catalog records for these materials all known information regarding the photographer or other persons associated with the materials. This information is provided as a service to aid users in determining the appropriate use of an item, but that determination ultimately rests with the user.

Original Format

Photograph

Physical Dimensions

22 cm x 20 cm