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Taming the Kootenay
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Men working to strengthen the dykes.
19 of 36 		Work being done to rebuild and clean up the land after flooding.
20 of 36 		Bracing the dykes on the Kootenay flats.
21 of 36 		Filling sandbags on the Creston flats.
22 of 36 		Building the forms for the sandbag walls.
23 of 36 		Men passing sandbags to thestack on the right, along the inner side of the dykes.
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Placing sandbags along the dykes.
25 of 36 		Bracing the dykes against seepage.
26 of 36 		Dykes that were leaking under pressure, being reinforced on both sides.
27 of 36 		Sandbagging efforts to prevent flooding.
28 of 36 		Sandbags being stacked in wooden frames along the inside of the dykes.
29 of 36 		Dyking projects went past 1935.
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Widening of the Duck Lake outlet.
31 of 36 		Building dyke on Creston Dyking District.
32 of 36 		Curly Pridmore operating a dragline at the Goat River diversion.
33 of 36 		Building dykes on the Creston Dyking District.
34 of 36 		Building dykes at Duck Lake.
35 of 36 		Scraper working on the Duck Lake dykes.
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