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Taming the Kootenay
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Men working to strengthen the dykes and sandbag against the rising water.
19 of 68 		Pounding planks vertically into the ground to deflect the river's water away from the dykes.
20 of 68 		Sandbags and wood structures brace the dykes against breaking.
21 of 68 		Women serving sandwiches and coffee to the men that were working on the dykes during the 1948 flood.
22 of 68 		Burton Bishop and John Verkirk, among others, helping in the sandbagging efforts.
23 of 68 		Men working to strengthen the dykes.
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Bracing the dykes on the Kootenay flats.
25 of 68 		Flooded farms and homes south of Creston.
26 of 68 		Filling sandbags on the Creston flats.
27 of 68 		Building the forms for the sandbag walls.
28 of 68 		Men passing sandbags to thestack on the right, along the inner side of the dykes.
29 of 68 		Placing sandbags along the dykes.
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Bracing the dykes against seepage.
31 of 68 		Dykes that were leaking under pressure, being reinforced on both sides.
32 of 68 		Sandbagging efforts to prevent flooding.
33 of 68 		Filling sandbags that were used to brace the dykes and stop them from cracking.
34 of 68 		Men working to clean up the flats and prevent any further flooding.
35 of 68 		Sandbagging and reinforcing the dykes to stop the flooding.
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