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On The Fence Line: Angry overflow waters from the Platte River swirl around fence posts 3 miles east of North Bend, Neb.

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Flood Waters Make An Island . . . of adjoining farmsteads a mile north of Ashland as overflow water from Salt Creek surrounds the area.

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A Cloud Of Fog . . . rises from the ice jam which has sealed off the mouth of the Boyer River. The jam extends upstream well beyond this bridge, which is near the Leonard Crispin farm.

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Indian Creek . . . reflects little activity from the spring thaw. Here, at Second Ave., only a shallow stream cuts a path through ice and snow.

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Flood waters surround grain bins on a farm, April 1960

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If 1952 Flood Happened This Year . . . this chart, prepared by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, shows what would happen at Council Bluffs if the Missouri River flood of April 1952 were to happen today. Because Fort Randall is now impounding water, theā€¦

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North side of Broadway, looking east from 11th Street

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Broadway, between the North Western and Illinois Central railroad tracks

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Tank farm south of Council Bluffs, flooded by Mosquito Creek

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Railroad switch engine pulling off stuck truck on west side of North Western RR city depot, about 4 p.m.

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Looking East on Broadway from Eleventh Street, Council Bluffs, IA

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The Poudre in flood, looking west from the Oak Street Bridge, May 21, 1904

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Mosquito Creek in foreground, showing levee break into gasoline tanks farm.

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Proposed Missouri River development plan, 1971

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First Harnessing of Missouri River . . . in South Dakota was completed this year at Fort Randall Dam. All Missouri River water is now flowing through tubes in main embankment at left. Closure section built this year is at center. - Army Photo

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Invading the Missouri River . . . near Pierre, S.D., is Oahe Dam, now 5 percent complete. Pyramid of earth in upper center is completed 1,500-foot section of dam. Sheet pile cut-off wall shown being driven in trench to right of square embankmentā€¦
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