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Title: Wooden Mat Construction
Date: 1943-10-15
Description: Looking S. from Barge showing Wooden Mat under construction. Lancaster Corp. Work started June 5, 1943.

Title: Golden Eagle
Date: 1946-09-16
Description: This series was taken Sept 16 - 1946. The Eagle Packet wanted a picture as near like the one they considered their favorite to use for postal cards. So Bill & I visited the boat then went north of the Eads Bridge & took this series.

Title: Golden Eagle and Gordon C. Greene
Date: 1946-11-07
Description: Last packet type steamboat race on the Mississippi. GOLDEN EAGLE being overtaken by the GORDON C. GREENE above Greenville. November 7, 1946.

Title: Golden Eagle
Date: 1947
Description: Photograph of the Steamer GOLDEN EAGLE, sunk at Grand Tower. 1947.

Title: Pearl, Illinois
Date: 1942
Description: Pearl, Ill. July 1942.

Title: Wharf at Granite City
Date: 1943-10-01
Description: Looking S. from N. end of Wharf. Lancaster Corp. Work started on June 5, 1943.

Title: Golden Eagle
Date: 1947-05-17
Description: "Golden Eagle" below Eads Bridge St. Louis MO. Picture taken May 17, 1947 before departure for her last trip to Nashville, Tenn. She sank next morning May 18 at Grand Tower Island after striking rock formation and fearing a 6 foot hole in the center seam in the hull. The Pilot Nathan Smith beached her and all passengers & crew were saved. Repeated floods in the summer of 1947 made raising of the "Golden Eagle" impossible. The Pilot House was removed and is on display at Jefferson Memorial, Forest Park, St. L.

Title: Golden Eagle and Gordon C. Greene
Date: 1946-11-071
Description: Last packet type steamboat race on the Mississippi. GOLDEN EAGLE being passed by the GORDON C. GREENE above Greenville. November 7, 1946.

Title: Dipper Dredge and Grain Elevator
Date: 1943-09-15
Description: Photo taken looking NW showing dipper dredge removing piling from river.

Title: Eads Bridge and East Saint Louis From the Deck of the Steamer Golden Eagle
Date: 1946-07-13
Description: Golden Eagle trip July 13 - 1946. East St. Louis and Eads Bridge. Motorboat in the foreground.

Title: Golden Eagle
Date: 1947
Description: Clearing channel of Wreckage from the GOLDEN EAGLE by the U S Army Corps of Engineers.

Title: Dredge Grafton
Date: 1942-04-16
Description: Dredge Grafton in operation, looking upstream.

Title: St. Louis Riverfront From the Deck of the Golden Eagle
Date: 1946-07-13
Description: Golden Eagle trip July 13 - 1946. St. Louis riverfront.

Title: Granite City Wharf
Date: 1943-10-04
Description: Looking S. to S.W. showing grade of wharf previous to laying cobblestones. Lancaster Corp. Work started June 5, 1943.

Title: Dike 148.3-R
Date: 1941-09-04
Description: Upper Mississippi River, U. S. Engineer Office, St. Louis, Missouri. Dike 148.3-R, New Calico Island, Cornice Island. Patton, Tully Trans. Co.

Title: Cobblestone Wharf
Date: 1943-06-05
Description: Showing Cobblestone laid for Wharf. Looking S. - Lancaster Corp. Work started June 5, 1943.

Title: Rock Fill
Date: 1942-06-30
Description: Showing rock fill along North side of Railroad. Embankment. Looking East.

Title: Wooden Mat Construction
Date: 1943-10-01
Description: Looking S. W. showing start of Wooden Mat. Lancaster Corp. Work started Une 5, 1943.

Title: Timber Dike Construction
Date: 1947-10-14
Description: Timber piling clump dike, Chester to Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Mile 111.9 L. Dike partially completed. Three clumps (9 piling) required to complete. Upper Mississippi River, St. Louis Dist. C. of E.

Title: Dike No. 146.
Date: 1940-11-28
Description: Upper Mississippi River. U. S. Engineer Office. St. Louis, Missouri. Dike No. 146. I-L Newly Screened. Patton-Tully Trans. Co. November 28, 1940.

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