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Iowa River flood, The University of Iowa, June 16, 1947

Men working on dikes at flooded banks north of railroad bridge on campus. Power Plant stack in background.

Iowa River flood plain, Iowa City, Iowa, November 25, 1933

View of Iowa River along Riverside Drive, where Art Building now stands. Material was dumped here for the purpose of raising the land in order to improve the west flood plain. This was previously the main channel of the Iowa River, which was shifted…

Iowa River flood plain, Iowa City, Iowa, November 25, 1933

View of Iowa River along Riverside Drive, where Art Building now stands. Material was dumped here for the purpose of raising the land in order to improve the west bank flood plain. This was previously the main channel of the Iowa River, which was…

Iowa River flood plain, Iowa City, Iowa, November 25, 1933

View of Iowa River along Riverside Drive, where Art Building now stands. Material was dumped here for the purpose of raising the land in order to improve the west bank flood plain. This was previously the main channel of the Iowa River, which was…

Pumping floodwater away from Iowa Memorial Union, the University of Iowa, 1947

Spectators watch men sanbagging near the Iowa Memorial Union, the University of Iowa, 1947

Maybe we should do something about this

Levees; Sub-standard construction; Lack of inspections; Funding shortfalls; State

Flood Control

Bus tour of Black Hawk County with a focus on flood control.

Tags: Black Hawk County Soil and Water Conservation District, Flood Control

Flood control - gully E, 1949

B&W photograph of upper part of Gully E on James Stephan farmland. Back of photo contains typed metadata from 1949 as well as a more recent post-it note with information.

Tags: Flood Control, Ida County Soil and Water Conservation District, James Stephan