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Title: Lift Bridge and Highway Bridge
Date: 1952-10-23
Description: Lift bridge and highway bridge at Booneville, Mo. (Mile 199.0). Kansas City District, enroute to St. Louis.

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: St. Louis Zephyr
Date: 1952-05-20
Description: M/V (St. Louis Zephyr) passing service base.

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: Minnesota
Date: 1952-10-21
Description: Sunken steamer (Minnesota) of Federal Barge Line that sank after hitting bridge pier below Sibley, MO in June 1951. Kansas City District, enroute to St. Louis (Mile 336.0).

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: Harriet M
Date: 1952-12-16
Description: M/V (Harriet M) at Burnham Island, mile 37.7.

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: Delta Cities
Date: 1952-12-18
Description: M/V (Delta Cities) at Powers Island, mile 36.2.

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: Kansas City Skyline from Ste. Genevieve
Date: 1952-10-20
Description: Approaching Kansas City while enroute from St. Joseph, Mo. To St. Louis. At right is dredge (William H. Black), which preceded us down river. Kansas City District.

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.

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