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First water into new channel created for flood protection project, Red River of the North, Fargo, N.D. and Moorhead, Minn.
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| Title | First water into new channel created for flood protection project, Red River of the North, Fargo, N.D. and Moorhead, Minn. |
| Date of Original | 1959-10-29 |
| Description | Two steam shovels and other construction equipment digging an opening into levee holding back Red River of the North. Water visible flowing into new channel. Moorhead, Minnesota power plant and water tower visible in the background. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | City & Town Life
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Flood control
Steam shovels
Construction equipment
Rivers
Channels
Levees
Engineering & construction
Water towers
Power plants
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| Organization Name | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. St. Paul District
Moorhead Water and Light Department (Moorhead, Minn.)
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| Location | Moorhead (Minn.)
Clay County (Minn.)
Minnesota
Fargo (N.D.)
Cass County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
Red River of the North
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| Decade | 1950-1959
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| Item Number | 2061.21.5 |
| Format of Original | Gelatin silver prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 19 x 26 cm. |
| Publisher of Original | Forum Publishing Company (Fargo, N.D.)
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| Place of Publication | Fargo (N.D.)
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| Transcription | "U.S. Army Engineer District, St. Paul Corps of Engineers, 1217 U.S. Post Office and Custom House, St. Paul 1, Minn. Army Engineers release the first water of the Red River into its new channel at Fargo, N.D., after five months of excavation work. More than 400, 000 cubic yards of earth in the river cutoff and other channel work are involved in the flood protection project. Completion is scheduled for the fall of 1960." - typed on paper included with photograph.
BCA 362-094" - "handwritten on back of photograph.
"The upstream plug was pulled in the new Fargo-Moorhead channel of the Red River Thursday" - caption with photograph published in the Fargo Forum and Moorhead News, October 30, 1959, p. M-3. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Fargo Water Treatment Plant Photograph Collection 2061
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/982 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2061.21.5) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs010710 |
| Original Source | photographic print |
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