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- Dam Closed, Giant Oahe Reservoir Begins Filling
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project; Dams – Missouri River; Rockefeller, Winthrop, 1912-1973; South Dakota. Governor (1955-1959: Foss); South Dakota. Governor (1943-1947: Sharpe); Hammond, Colonel D.G.; United States. Army. Corps of...
- 15,000 people attended a ceremony celebrating the dam closure. Speakers included Winthrop Rockefeller; Governor Joe Foss, and former Governor M. Q. Sharpe.
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- Plat of the Oahe Housing Unit that will rise in Northwest Pierre
- Housing -- South Dakota -- Maps; Oahe Reservoir (S.D.); United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
- A plat map of the Oahe housing unit in Northwest Pierre, including layout of new streets.
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- Jumbo’s Front End
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project; Dams – South Dakota
- The photo and caption describe the mechanical mole used to dig holes for the Oahe dam outlet tunnels.
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- Preserved for Posterity
- Fort Randall (S.D.); United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
- The Corps of Engineers is working to preserve the Fort Randall chapel.
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- ‘Eunik,’ World’s Largest Truck, To Get Test Run At Oahe Dam
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.); Dams – South Dakota; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.; Western Contracting Corporation, Sioux City (Ia.); Everist, Hubert H.; Collins, Carl (Rip); Sibert, John W.
- A giant earth mover, nicknamed “Eunik”, will be given test runs at the Oahe Dam. Eunik weighs 78 ½ tons and is rated to haul 80 cubic yards of earth.
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- Faulty Shale Changes Plans On Pierre Dam
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.); Dams--South Dakota; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.; Soils--South Dakota; Hayes, Thomas J., Colonel; Casagrand, Arthur; Harper, S.O.; Kramer, Hans, Brigadier General; Carlson, Roy;...
- To avoid encountering faulty Oacoma shale, the power tunnels will be straightened, shortened and dug to a greater depth. The intake control works will now be at the intake portal and the power house will be moved several hundred feet downstream.
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- Contractors Move Hill As Work Gets Underway On Giant Oahe Dam
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.); Dams -- South Dakota; Fort Randall Dam (S.D.); United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.; Smithsonian Institution; Guy James Company, Oklahoma City (Okla.); Collins & Campbell, Fargo (N.D.)
- In the construction of the Oahe Dam, a hill encompassing six million cubic yards of dirt is being moved from the west side of the river to the river bottom. This dirt will be used as part of the base for the 242 foot high barrier that will span...
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- South Dakota’s Oahe---a dam giant
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.); Dams – South Dakota; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
- The article provides details concerning the Oahe Dam and powerhouse including pictures of generators, power intake structures, and surge tanks.
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- Oahe Missouri River Dam Ground Breaking Ceremony
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.); Dams – South Dakota; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
- A brochure describing the Oahe Dam project with a map showing highways to the place of celebration.
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