October 29, 1937. - Looking downstream from pilot house of Grafton, about station 223-00. Note face of cut standing practically vertical, also water and sand running out gut about where dragline is located
A tour to inspect the redevelopment program was part of the itinerary here yesterday of a Pittsburgh civic leader, Arthur B. Van Buskirk (left). He inspects area at Fourteenth and Carr streets with, from left, Saul Dubinsky, chairman of the City Plan Commission; James E. Crowe, city-counselor, and Ethan A. H. Sheplay of Civic Progress, Inc. The site is being considered for industrial redevelopment.
Showing completed canal and the plug that separates the old and new channels, which will be blasted out October 4, 1952. Stern of dredge (William H. Black) is shown. Kansas City District, channel diversion.
on one side part of what it gained at the other back in 1929 when 10 new tracks were added at the west side of the train shed. In those days, an average of 650 trains used to station every day. Nowadays, the average is slighty over 100.
Location of dredge in Pilot Canal on completion of dredging operations for cut No. 2. Just following departure, the second cut was made on left bank a distance of 1,800 ft. from upper end, which the view is towards.
One of the most exciting, fastest-rising groups in show biz is coming to town - the Ike and Tina Turner Revue, which will be appearing Sunday evening at 8 at Kiel Auditorium. They got their start right here in St. Louis as regulars at George Edick's Club Imperial and became so successful locally that they headed for the West Coast, where they hit the fame and fortune jackpot r-r-r-eally (sic) big.