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Civic Center (proposed)
Site plan by Steel, Weinstein and Associates, Inc. (Architects and Engineers) for proposed Civic Center, including markings for Arena, Theater, Shopping, and Court.
Civic, Shopping Center Is Suggested For Bluffs
Suggested Civic And Shopping Center...proposed for Council Bluffs under a lease-purchase arrangement is in the area of the old City Auditorium. Legend: T--Theater building with 300 seats; S--Future shops and office space; A--Arena and basketball…
City Transit Lines, Inc.
Photo of 3 men exiting through door labeled "City Manager Information". Two of the men identified (on back of photo) as Roy C. Rolfe and Ron Kiger.
36 Chamber Members Initiate Transit Firm's Airline Buses; New Behicles Cost $26,000 Each
Welcoming Abord...Chamber President C.W. (Bill) Emarine and Mayor Noran Davis is Transit President James R. Kiger. They were among the first persons to ride the new bus.
City Transit Buys 2 Buses; New Models Will Go In Service Soon
Heads-On View...shows the advanced design of new model buses to be added by City Transit Lines, Inc. Better driver visibility is a major feature.
Transit Plans Service Change; Seven Old Buses Will Be Replaced.
New equipment...is inspected by bus company officials James Kiger and his son, Ronald. Seven buses will replace old units.
Two Bus Firms Sign Agreement; Name Lee Chairman Of Transit's Board
Signing Agreement...between two bus firms are James R. Kiger, president of Transit Co., seated, and James P. Lee, head of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Co.
City Transit Lines, Inc.
photo of City Transit Lines bus, at corner of Vine and N. Main. Man standing outside door of bus, pointing forward; driver in bus preparing to pull out onto street.
IPALCO Buys 16th Ave. Site - To Become New Service Center
New Service Site . . . for Iowa Power and Light Co., will be this building and a smaller unit at Sixteenth Ave. and Third St.
Portable Substation Is Purchased By IPALCO - Designed For Emergency Use
Awaiting Delivery . . . from a railroad flat car is the Iowa Power and Light Company's portable substation.
Power Plant Grows:
An aerial view of the Iowa Power and Light Co. plant south of Council Bluffs shows how a current 13-million-dollar construction project is progressing. the right half of the main building, including the second smokestack, is new. Steelwork visible in…
IPALCO To Spend Third Of Budget On C.B. Plant - Sells $10 Million In Bonds
Growing On Schedule . . . is this 90,000-kilowatt addition to the Iowa Power and Light Co. plant near Manawa. It is to be completed next December. At left is the generating plant, and at right the steel framework for new boilers.
At IPALCO Plant
Railroad service for visitors at the new Iowa Power & Light Co.'s Council Bluffs Power Station was provided by this Burlington VistaDome car and Ipalco's own diesel locomotive. Here the train is backing into the plant, with boiler sections rising in…
Ipalco Officials, Guests Tour New Power Station
Ipalco Executives . . . check the luncheon menu before the preview tour of the new power plant. They are Vern Beats, district manager, and President N. Bernard Gussett, seated; E.T. Meredith, E.H. Mulock, John Shuler, and J.T. Schilling.
C.B. Has Own Electricity For First Time In History - Changeover Made Friday Night . . .
Council Bluffs On Own Power . . . as switches are thrown by District Manager Vern Beats, above, and Distribution Supt. Claude Dilley at the Iowa Power & Light Co. sub-station on North Fifteenth St. Friday night.
New IPALCO Plant to Open This Week - Ipalco To Use Coal, Gas In Producing Electricity
Power Source . . . is this combination turbine-generator located near the top of the building. The turbine, left, turns a shaft which protrudes into the generator at right. Both units were not entirely assembled when this picture was taken. Total…
New IPALCO Plant to Open This Week - Ipalco To Use Coal, Gas In Producing Electricity
Switching Structure . . . as viewed from inside the control station. Power can be sent to 56 Soutwest Iowa towns by throwing small wall switches. Don Snyder of 3539 Fourth Ave., a dispatcher, is at left.
New IPALCO Plant to Open This Week - Ipalco To Use Coal, Gas In Producing Electricity
This Giant Pulverizer . . . will reduce coal to a fine dust capable of producing a 2,000-degree heat necessary to make steam in the plant's boiler. Coal comes down pipes at top from hopper on roof. There are four such crushers, but only two or…