View of drawbridge at St. Joseph. After opening for passage of dredge and tow. This is just after completion of canal dredging and dredge is enroute to St. Louis. Kansas City District, channel diversion.
September 15, 1937. - Taken from Dredge Grafton, showing size and deposition of spoils. Grand Tower Pile Dike and Revetment Contract, 1937-38: Woods Brothers Construction Company. Note: Photographs could not be taken at regular intervals because of adverse weather conditions.
Levee Break Fill at (Kansas Bend) (Mile 562.5)-(Omaha District) wheel has just been painted: shaft, flanges, and arms painted ivory; buckets and circles painted red lead.
#1007, Nov. 7, 1892. OHIO RIVER, Dredging at Brooklyn Harbor, Ill. 923 Miles from Pittsburg. Steamer H. S. McComb and dredges Oswego and Ohio are visible working the river.
Dredging of first cut completed and dredge is about midway of canal length as it backs out. View is towards head of canal. Woman on bridge is (Miller's) wife. Kansas City District, channel diversion.
October 29, 1937. - Looking upstream from starboard stern of Dredge Grafton. Woods Bros. weaving matress at station 219-00. Note proximity of dredge and mattress construction. Grand Tower Pile Dike and Revetment Contract, 1937-38: Woods Brothers Construction Company. Note: Photographs could not be taken at regular intervals because of adverse weather conditions.
Start of dredging for second cut at upper end of Pilot Canal. New cut started at 0945 hours and will be 250 feet wide for a length of 1500-2000 feet. Kansas City District, channel diversion.