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Taming the Kootenay
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A line of men working passing sandbags quickly to stop seepage.
1 of 14 		Women serving sandwiches and coffee to the men that were working on the dykes during the 1948 flood.
2 of 14 		Filling sandbags on the Creston flats.
3 of 14 		Building the forms for the sandbag walls.
4 of 14 		Men passing sandbags to thestack on the right, along the inner side of the dykes.
5 of 14 		Placing sandbags along the dykes.
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Sandbagging efforts to prevent flooding.
7 of 14 		Filling sandbags that were used to brace the dykes and stop them from cracking.
8 of 14 		Sandbagging and reinforcing the dykes to stop the flooding.
9 of 14 		Another view of the sandbagging efforts.
10 of 14 		Sandbagging on the Creston flats.
11 of 14 		Sandbags being stacked in wooden frames along the inside of the dykes.
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Men being fed sandwiches and coffee by local women's organizations after working on the flats.
13 of 14 		Stacking sandbags in an effort to reinforce the dykes.
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