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1993 Flood
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Description
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File contains information pertaining to the 1993 Missouri River flood.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Flood Scene
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Description
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Missouri River and riverfront area; also shows docked riverboat.
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Date
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1903
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Flood Scene
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Description
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Missouri River and riverfront area; also shows docked riverboat.
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Date
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1903
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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1908 Flood, Morris Packing Plant
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Description
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Postcard of the Morris Packing Plant in the West Bottoms in Kansas City, Kansas, during the 1908 flood.
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Date
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1908
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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KC-area Levees Protect, But They Take Lots of Time, Money
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Description
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Kansas City's eight federal levees are located at Argentine, Armourdale, Birmingham, Central Industrial District, East Bottoms, Fairfax-Jeresey, North Kansas City, and Riverside. The article gives a brief history of levee construction and projects over the years.
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Date
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2011-08-29
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Flood Heads This Way
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Description
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Residents of Parkville, Missouri, piled up sandbags in preparation of flood waters that could surpass the records set in the 1993 flood. Includes a sidebar "Flood Forecast" which has a map and figures of water stages and the forecast for 2011 plus record crest and year for nine cities along the Missouri River.
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Date
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2011-06-08
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Corps Promises Changes
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Description
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"Under pressure from Congress and states, the Army Corps of Engineers said Monday that it will change its approach to operating Missouri River dams with the aim of reducing prospects for future flooding." The corps has come under criticism for placing species restoration and recreation over flood protection. The record flooding of 2011 was caused by "freakish rains and heavy snowmelt in the basin's western reaches" that "filled the river with more water than at any time since record-keeping began."
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Date
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2011-11-08
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Flooded River Areas
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Description
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Aerial view of flooded areas in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Flooded Harlem, Missouri
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Description
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Identified as Harlem, Missouri during the flood of 1881.
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Date
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1881
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Flooded River Area
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Description
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Aerial view of barges and flooding surrounding the Midwest Terminal Warehouse Co., #3 Building during the 1951 Flood.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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City Market Area and Kansas City Skyline
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Description
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View across the Missouri River of the City Market area from the north side of the ASB Bridge during high waters from the 1951 Flood.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Approved Missouri River Plan
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Description
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Map of the Missouri River basin from Montana to Missouri showing existing and proposed irrigation, reservoirs, levees, and power plants.
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Date
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1945
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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20 Years Later, We Dread the Next Flood
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Description
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Article focuses upon remembrance of the flood that impacted the Kansas City area during the summer of 1993. Business and property owners in the affected areas are interviewed and discuss both their recollections and fear of future floods. Representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers and other river management agencies are interviewed and discuss past projects aimed at improving flood control in the area and risk factors that may lead to similar flood disasters.
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Date
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2013-06-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Flooded Area
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Description
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Aerial view of the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood; shows Municipal Airport and Swift packing facilities.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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ASB Bridge and City Market Area
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Description
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View facing south along the side of the ASB Bridge; shows Missouri River, City Market area and part of the Downtown skyline in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Flooded Missouri River
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Description
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Looking north across the Missouri River towards Harlem during flood; Blatz Brewery building in foreground.
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Date
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1881
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Object Type
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Photograph
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