1952 - Man Against The Missouri

Flood_of_1952_File5_04_16_1952_01.jpg

Title

1952 - Man Against The Missouri

Subject

Local news

Description

Silent Vigils . . . were kept round the clock to watch the river along the flashboard, backed with dirt and walled with rows of sandbags. Miles of wire were strung to allow night-and-day work on the hurriedly built defenses. Council Bluffs went through an estimated 1,477,800 sandbags to keep the river out of the city.

Creator

Nonpareil photos

Source

Daily Nonpareil April 4, 1982

Publisher

Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

Date

1952-04

Format

Black and white photograph

Type

Photograph

Identifier

Flood_of_1952_File5_04_16_1952_01.jpg

Coverage

Council Bluffs, Iowa

Original Format

Photograph

Physical Dimensions

21 cm x 16 cm