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Title: Crowd Attending the Blasting of Plug in Pilot Canal
Date: 1952-10-04
Description: View of crowd attending the blasting of plug in Pilot Canal. Kansas City District, channel diversion.

Title: Looking Forward Into Canal Cut
Date: 1952-09-04
Description: Looking forward into canal cut. Kansas City District, channel diversion.

Title: Channel Diversion Project
Date: 1952-09-05
Description: Channel Diversion Project

Title: Uncut Portion of Channel
Date: 1952-09-05
Description: View towards uncut portion of channel. It terminates 1,450 feet beyond center stand of trees. Kansas City District, channel diversion.

Title: Position of Sainte Genevieve on Completion of Cut No. 2
Date: 1952-10-19
Description: Position of dredge on completion of cut No. 2, which extended only 1800 ft. from upper end of canal. Dredge is getting ready for departure to St. Louis. Kansas City District, channel diversion.

Title: JAMES H. LUCAS
Description: Fastest trip ever made between St. Louis - St. Joseph.

Title: William H. Black and Completed Canal
Date: 1952-10-02
Description: View of completed canal from head end and the dredge (William H. Black). Kansas City District, channel diversion.

Title: Sainte Genevieve at station 7+00'
Date: 1952-10-01
Description: Showing dredge at station 7+00'. Station 6+50' tonight marked completion of dredging operations. A 50' wide plug will be left to be blasted out October 4, 1952. Kansas City District, channel diversion.

Title: Pile Dike
Date: 1952-10-08
Description: Showing pile dike that is being contructed across river channel made by flood to black and divery flow into new channel made by dredge. The second cut is just being started thru Pilot Canal from upper end. Kansas City District, channel diversion.

Title: Face of Canal Cut
Date: 1952-09-03
Description: Looking into Face of canal cut and showing remainder of canal to be cut. Roadway shown immediately across cut was used by levee contractor and was the cause of a 12-hour shutdown dispute. Kansas City District, Pilot Canal Project.

Title: Mouth of Canal
Date: 1952-08-26
Description: Looking towards mouth of canal. Being cut: to right is discharge line in new channel that was cut by recent flood.

Title: Mouth of Canal
Date: 1952-09-03
Description: Looking aft. towards mouth of canal. Total advance has been 1,500 ft. Yardage: 325,000. Work started: Augues, 22, 1952. Kansas City District, Pilot Canal.

Title: Cleo Miller and Paul Baxter
Date: 1952-10-16
Description: Cleo Miller (right) and Paul Baxter (left)discuss details of job. Kansas City District, channel diversion.

Title: Shoreline and Discharge
Date: 1952-09-27
Description: Showing shore line and discharge may be seen at left by house. To the right is the baffle plate discharge from the dredge (Black), which is dredging at upper end of Pilot Canal. This dredge is at station 11+20'. Total advance to date: 4,610'. Total yardage to date: 1,057,693. Kansas City District, channel diversion.

Title: Sainte Genevieve and Black
Date: 1952-10-02
Description: Dredge begins to back out of canal after completing first cut. Shown is plug that was left to separate the old and new channels that will be blasted out October 4, 1952. Dredge (William H. Black) at upper end. Kansas City District, channel diversion.

Title: Uncut Section of Pilor Canal
Date: 1952-09-20
Description: Looking forward to uncut section of Pilot Canal. At station 19+100. Total advance to date: 3,900'. Production to date: 894,260 yds. The canal cut ends at channel in background--distance of 1,800 feet. The river channel is the one cut by the flood last spring. Kansas City District, channel diversion.

Title: Pilot Canal Project
Date: 1952-09-04
Description: Dredging through 30 foot bank. Kansas City District.

Title: Preparing for Dedication and Blasting of Plug
Date: 1952-10-02
Description: Dredging completed for first cut in Pilot Canal. Dredge is backing out of canal. On right bank is speaker's stand and cleared area being prepared for dedication and blasting of plug on October 4, 1952. Kansas City District, channel diversion.

Title: Advancing Dredge
Date: 1952-09-21
Description: Dredge as it advances forward through canal cut at station 17+50 after having advanced 4,000 feet with 1,700 feet remaining to be cut. Total production 859,260 cu. yards. Canal cut: 200 feet wide. Depth: 16 feet. Bank height: 17.5 feet. Kansas City District, channel diversion.

Title: Detonation to Open Diversion Channel
Date: 1952-10-04
Description: Showing detonation of 3,000 lbs. of dynamite that blasted out the plug to open diversion channel. Kansas City District, channel diversion.

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