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Taming the Kootenay
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Constructing the dyke at Reclamation Farm
1 of 36 		Dredge in Porthill working on dyking the river.
2 of 36 		Machinery used to divert the Goat River into the Kootenay River.
3 of 36 		Working on diverting the Goat River into the Kootenay River.
4 of 36 		Diversion of the Goat River.
5 of 36 		Digging the diversion channel that would allow the Goat River to flow into the Kootenay.
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Goat River diversion channel.
7 of 36 		Surveyors building dykes on the flats.
8 of 36 		Men dyking the Kootenay River.
9 of 36 		Dredge used for building dykes along the Kootenay River.
10 of 36 		Dredges were used to construct dykes on the Kootenay Flats.
11 of 36 		Huge scrapers working on the dyking of the flats.
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After the completion of the major portion of the dyking project in October of 1935.
13 of 36 		Harry Christenson with one of his scrapers repairing flood damage to the dykes.
14 of 36 		Plank boadwalks enabled workers to stay above the muddy ground.
15 of 36 		Men working to strengthen the dykes and sandbag against the rising water.
16 of 36 		Pounding planks vertically into the ground to deflect the river's water away from the dykes.
17 of 36 		Sandbags and wood structures brace the dykes against breaking.
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