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Taming the Kootenay
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Homes and businesses along Goat River bottom flooded.
109 of 175 		Work trestle for the Libby Dam.
110 of 175 		The Libby Dam that would save all the farmlands from flooding and regulate water levels.
111 of 175 		View of the Kootenay Flats after the Libby Dam was put into place.
112 of 175 		Dragline brought in to work on the Creston Valley dykes.
113 of 175 		Women standing in the flood waters
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Mae Holder and Zoe Kanester on the Reclamation Road, taken before the dykes went out.
115 of 175 		Harry Ostendorf and Bill Vigne loading logs on Harry's logging truck.
116 of 175 		The Ryckman house at the West Creston ferry, 1948. There were 24 feet of water at the ferry.
117 of 175 		Margaret Berg and her daughter Marion, bringing a snack out to the men combining on the flats.
118 of 175 		George Ramseier operating a 1941 Massey-Harris self-propelled combine, on his farm on Nick's Island.
119 of 175 		Archie Beatty (on tractor) and Ernie Geneau (on combine), combining wheat on George Ramseier's farm.
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Boundary Dyke showing the rising creek and the seepage behind the dyke.
121 of 175 		Stacking sandbags in an effort to reinforce the dykes.
122 of 175 		Flood waters across the width of the Creston Valley.
123 of 175 		Once the dykes broke, the entire Creston Valley was underwater.
124 of 175 		Looking north across the flats covered with flood water.
125 of 175 		Sandbags being used to build up the top of the dyke.
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