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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Fort Peck's Power Plant . . . is one of the highest buildings in Montana. A height of 271 feet is needed to enclose surge tanks that prevent water from reservoir tunnels damaging generator turbines. Four 24-foot tunnels, each about 1.25 miles long,…

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Water Coursing Down the Fort Peck Spillway . . . attains a speed of about 60 miles an hour in the mile long concrete channel as it falls 214 feet to the stilling basin. Part of the 180 mile long reservoir is shown at the upper right. By closing these…

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Fort Peck Dam 1952 - Upstream view of the 1000 foot wide spillway structure with a discharge capacity of 250,000 cubic feet per second. The discharge through the spillway is controlled by 16 vertical lift gates , each 40 feet in width and 25 feet in…

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Fort Peck Dam 1952 - View of youth camp at the Pines recreational area on the shore of the Fort Peck Reservoir. The building at the left is the administration building; at the center is the dining and mess hall; and at the right is the assembly…

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Fort Peck Dam 1952 - View of the axis of the dam taken from the east abutment of the dam. Located in the foreground are the emergency and main control shafts for the four 24'6" tunnels. To the left of the control shafts is the diesel substation used…

Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station

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An aerial view of the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Station. The station is located 19 miles north of Omaha on the west bank of the Missouri River. The nuclear plant has a total generating capacity of 455,000 kilowatts.

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Fort Calhoun Station Unit No. 1 turbine generator.

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Loading of the Fort Calhoun Station's reactor began in May 1973. One hundred thirty-three separate fuel assemblies were loaded into the reactor.

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The Fort Calhoun Station at Blair, NE, went into 100 percent operation in 1974.

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After The Fire . . . firemen pull down weakened wall of the former George A Hoagland & Co. lumberyard at 724 S. Main St.

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Black Smoke Rolls . . . from the Hoagland Lumber yard during the height of the fire. The pall of smoke triggered telephone calls to The Nonpareil from as far away as the west side of the city. - Photo by Jack Kennedy
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