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Taming the Kootenay
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Flood waters at Reclamation Farmhouse, built on the Creston flats in 1895.
1 of 22 		Kootenay River at Bonner's Ferry.
2 of 22 		Water rises along the dykes. Sandbags are being placed to strengthen the dykes.
3 of 22 		Plank boadwalks enabled workers to stay above the muddy ground.
4 of 22 		Filling sandbags on the flats.
5 of 22 		Filling sandbags.
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A line of men working passing sandbags quickly to stop seepage.
7 of 22 		Men working to strengthen the dykes and sandbag against the rising water.
8 of 22 		Pounding planks vertically into the ground to deflect the river's water away from the dykes.
9 of 22 		Sandbags and wood structures brace the dykes against breaking.
10 of 22 		Women serving sandwiches and coffee to the men that were working on the dykes during the 1948 flood.
11 of 22 		Men working to strengthen the dykes.
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Bracing the dykes on the Kootenay flats.
13 of 22 		Filling sandbags on the Creston flats.
14 of 22 		Dykes that were leaking under pressure, being reinforced on both sides.
15 of 22 		Sandbagging efforts to prevent flooding.
16 of 22 		Men being fed sandwiches and coffee by local women's organizations after working on the flats.
17 of 22 		Serving food to the men on the flats.
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