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Title: William H. Black at Upper End of Pilot Canal
Date: 1952-09-29
Description: Dredge (William H. Black) as it dredges at upper end of canal. Making very slow progress in the gumbo. It is approx. station 600'. This dredge is at station 9+70'. The cut is now widened to 230' width. Has been 200'. Kansas City District, channel diversion.

Title: Index Sheet
Date: 1887-1888
Description: Index of plates numbers 1 - 27. Also contains a Table of Distances in Miles by Steamboat Channel, from St. Paul to St. Louis and points in between.

Title: Discharge Line into New River
Date: 1952-09-03
Description: View showing discharge line into new river channel made by flood last spring. Reveted bank shown will be for the third river channel that dredge is now cutting. Kansas City District, Pilot Canal Project.

Title: Grand Tower Dike and Revetment Work
Date: 1937-11-14
Description: November 14, 1937. - Source of stone for job (Tobin's Quarry).

Title: Grand Tower Dike and Revetment Work
Date: 1938-01-09
Description: Dredge Grafton and spoil. Station 258-00 January 1, 1938.

Title: Levee Construction and Equipment
Date: 1952-09-20
Description: Showing levee construction and Equipment, which is almost completed. Moving some of equipment out today. River in background is channel that was cut by flood last spring and it is to be re-routed into a new channel that the dredge is making the pilot canal for. Station 18+100'. Kansas City District, channel diversion.

Title: Robert Wadlow
Date: 1936-08-09
Description: Left to right: Gov. Horner, E. L. Harding, Harold T. Wadlow, Robert Wadlow, and John Casey.

Title: Grand Tower Dike and Revetment Work
Date: 1938-01-09
Description: Jan. 9, 1938. -- End of Ste. Genevieve shore pipe discharge. Note size of rock on pipe.

Title: Dunbar Elementary School
Date: 1965-09-09
Description: Dunbar Elementary School principal Andrew J. Brown examines books which were sprayed with paint by vandals sometime Tuesday night or early Wednesday. The school's PTA has offered a $25 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the vandalism. The school is located at 1415 North Garrison ave.

Title: Havana Zephyr
Date: 1953-09-06
Description: M/V (Havana Zephyr)of Street Towing Co. - passing dredge (Mile 136.9).

Title: Office emplyees from St. Joseph
Date: 1952-09-29
Description: Office emplyees from St. Joseph. Area of free boarding dredge. Kansas City District, channel diversion.

Title: Mail Automat
Date: 1962-11-14, 1962-11-15
Description: Another bygone activity at Union Station: Railway mail service. A new automatic mail-sack handling system which saves $1,000,000 a year, displaces 175 jobs and speeds up mail distribution from trains at St. Louis' Union Station was dedicated Wednesday. Photo above shows the mail coming down hoppers to be dumped into chutes leading to trains.

Title: Wharf Access Road
Date: 1943-09-15
Description: Looking S to SW showing access road topping levee to wharf. Landcaster Corp. Work commenced June 5, 1943.

Title: Grand Tower Dike and Revetment Work
Date: 1938-01-09
Description: Jan. 9, 1938. -- Downstream view from Grafton at Sta. 264-25 showing Ste. Genevieve at Sta. 266-30.

Title: Lou Brock
Date: 1979-08-09
Description: Photo of Lou Brock in front of crowd, possibly at his farewell game at Busch Stadium.

Title: Wharf Construction
Date: 1943-09-15
Description: Looking S. showing wharf under construction. Landcaster Corp. Work commenced June 5, 1943.

Title: Das Schwabenfest in St. Louis
Date: 1884-09-20
Description: Front page of Frank Leslie's Illustrirte Zeitung (Illustrated Newspaper) No. 1416 Vol. 55 from the 20th of September, 1884. There are illustrations of events from the Swabian Festival in St. Louis on the 31st of August and the 1st of September. There is also a passage from the book titled "Die Erbin von Saldern" ("The Heiress of Saldern") by Ewald August König above the illustrations. The events

Title: Claude Tully
Date: 1953-09-22
Description: M/V (Claude Tully) of Patton Transportation Co. passing dredge.

Title: Buck Elk Bill of Lading
Date: 1904-04-14
Description: Receipt of shipment to Mr. A. Langenberg on the Str. BUCK ELK, payment received by Sam'l Heckmann.

Title: R. H. McElroy
Date: 1953-09-14
Description: M/V (R. H. McElroy) of the Pure Oil Co. - passing dredge, mile 39.1.

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