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Taming the Kootenay
Location: Creston Valley, BC

 
Building the forms for the sandbag walls.
55 of 94 		Men passing sandbags to thestack on the right, along the inner side of the dykes.
56 of 94 		Placing sandbags along the dykes.
57 of 94 		Bracing the dykes against seepage.
58 of 94 		Creston Review reports the results of the 1948 flood and the repair work that was going to be done.
59 of 94 		Dykes that were leaking under pressure, being reinforced on both sides.
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Sandbagging efforts to prevent flooding.
61 of 94 		Filling sandbags that were used to brace the dykes and stop them from cracking.
62 of 94 		Men working to clean up the flats and prevent any further flooding.
63 of 94 		Sandbagging and reinforcing the dykes to stop the flooding.
64 of 94 		Another view of the sandbagging efforts.
65 of 94 		Sandbagging on the Creston flats.
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Men being fed sandwiches and coffee by local women's organizations after working on the flats.
67 of 94 		Serving food to the men on the flats.
68 of 94 		Taking a lunchbreak while working on the flats to prevent the flooding.
69 of 94 		Bob Maxwell's boat, used as transportation on the flats during floods.
70 of 94 		Flood waters creep across R.B. Staples' row crops.
71 of 94 		People kept their machinery on top of the dykes or on higher ground during the floods.
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