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Taming the Kootenay
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William Baillie Grohman in his home in Schloss, Austria.
1 of 65 		The rudder from the S.S. Midge. This is one of the few remaining pieces of the Midge.
2 of 65 		Steam whistle from the S.S. Midge.
3 of 65 		Compass from the S.S. Midge.
4 of 65 		Davits from the S.S. Midge.
5 of 65 		Engineers on the Alberta BC Exploration Company houseboat.
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Constructing the dyke at Reclamation Farm
7 of 65 		Dredge in Porthill working on dyking the river.
8 of 65 		A native woman by the name of Anastasia with her canoe at the edge of the flood waters.
9 of 65 		Digging drainage ditches on the flats to help keep the farmlands dry.
10 of 65 		Machinery used to divert the Goat River into the Kootenay River.
11 of 65 		Working on diverting the Goat River into the Kootenay River.
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Diversion of the Goat River.
13 of 65 		Digging the diversion channel that would allow the Goat River to flow into the Kootenay.
14 of 65 		Surveyors building dykes on the flats.
15 of 65 		Men dyking the Kootenay River.
16 of 65 		Dredge used for building dykes along the Kootenay River.
17 of 65 		Huge scrapers working on the dyking of the flats.
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