Know Your Scenes:

KnowYourScenes#2_1958_59_04_26_1959_001.jpg

Title

Know Your Scenes:

Subject

Local news

Description

A number of these elongated hunks of calibrated concrete are scattered across the north and west edges of the city. This one is near Big Lake. Know what they're used for?

Answer: Engineers call them levee walls. The hollow concrete contains a movable gate which can be opened by cranking the gadget on top. If water collects inside the levee system, it can be drained through the gate into the river. The numbered post is a water level gauge.

Creator

Nonpareil photos

Source

Daily Nonpareil April 26, 1959

Publisher

Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

Date

1959-04-26

Format

Black and white photograph

Type

Photograph

Identifier

KnowYourScenes#2_1958_59_04_26_1959_001.jpg

Coverage

Council Bluffs, 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

10 cm x 18 cm