South Dakota State Library: Digital Collections

- Career aware: architecture & construction.
- Architecture -- South Dakota; Architecture -- Construction -- South Dakota; Youth -- Vocational guidance -- South Dakota; Vocational guidance -- South Dakota.
- Career Aware: Architecture and construction, is one in a series of 16 career cluster leaflets designed for students in grades three through five. In the Career Aware series, students learn about six careers in each cluster as they complete simple...
- SD State Agencies
- Highways aid development of Badlands
- Badlands South Dakota; Tourism -- South Dakota; Roads -- Design and construction -- South Dakota; Millard, B.H.
- The value of the Badlands of S.D., in tourism, will be greatly enhanced with the development of highways in the proposed national monument.
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- Mammoth Oahe Dam Now Over 77 Per Cent Complete
- Dam construction -- South Dakota -- 1950-1960; Oahe Dam (S.D.); Siebert, John W., Jr.; Woodbury, Col. Harry G.; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
- Full page of photos of the service gate hoist, power intake towers, outlet works intake towers, outlet works control structure, aerial view of progress on the Oahe Dam, powerhouse and surge tanks, and stilling basin. Oahe project data and article...
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- Statewide fisheries surveys, management plans region II, South Dakota annual report
- Dingell-Johnson Project (S.D.); Fishery management -- South Dakota -- Periodicals; Fisheries -- South Dakota -- Periodicals; Fish stocking -- South Dakota -- Periodicals
- Report containing five-year fisheries management plans for waters in South Dakota Management Region II during the period of January 2011 through December 2017.
- SD State Agencies
- House Committee Okays First Stage Of Oahe Project
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Berry, Ellis Yarnal, 1902-1999; Udall, Morris K.; Saylor, John P.; Reifel, Ben, 1906-1990
- A bill authorizing construction of the first stage of the Oahe Irrigation Project was approved after an amendment was adopted concerning the state’s ban on nonresident waterfowl hunters.
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- Oahe Project Construction Step Closer
- Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.). Oahe Unit; United States. Bureau of Reclamation; Lewis, James
- Oahe Conservancy Sub-district approved the master contract governing water usage and cost, maintenance and operational procedures and repayment guidelines.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- The Daily Plainsman - August 6, 1968 - One full page
- Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Oahe Dam (S.D.); Dam construction -- South Dakota -- 1940-1950; Dam construction -- South Dakota -- 1950-1960; Boe, Nils A. (Nils Andreas), 1913-1992; Berry, Ellis Yarnal, 1902-1999; McGovern, George S. (George...
- One full page of articles and photographs about the construction of the Oahe Dam. Article titles include: Oahe Project Milestones; Planning for Oahe Project been underway 20 years; Subdistrict formation was key step; Oahe authorization most...
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- Demo. Delegation for Oahe Project asks for 1973 Funding
- McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994; Abourezk, James G., 1931-; Oahe Irrigation Project; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Irrigation -- South Dakota; United States. Office of Management...
- South Dakota’s democratic congressional delegation asked President Nixon to include construction funds for the Oahe Irrigation project in the administration’s budget for 1973.
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- Initial Stage, Oahe Unit, Missouri River Basin Project
- Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Irrigation--South Dakota; Dams -- South Dakota; Flood control--Law and legislation--United States; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; James River (N.D. and S.D.); Oahe Conservancy Sub-District...
- The Congressional Report submitted by Senator George McGovern concerning the Senate Bill 6 authorizing the construction of the initial state of the Oahe unit of the Missouri River Basin project.
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- The Tunnels of Oahe
- Oahe Dam (S. D.); Pierre (S.D.); Dam construction -- South Dakota -- 1950-1960;
- A photo essay of the construction of the power tunnels of the Oahe Dam.
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- Everything About Pierre Oahe Dam is Big
- Oahe Dam (S.D.)
- Three (3) photographs of the construction of the Oahe Dam.
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- New Era of S.D. Progress starts today at Oahe Event: Pick – Case speak on Program at newest damsite
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Dam construction -- South Dakota -- 1940-1950; Case, Francis H. (Francis Higbee), 1896-1962.; Pick, General Lewis A.; Prentiss, Col. L.W.; Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program;
- Groundbreaking ceremonies held at Oahe damsite, the largest construction job ever undertaken in South Dakota .
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- Oahe Engineers Observe Rare Earth Movement
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Starbird, Alfred D. (Alfred Dodd), 1912-1983
- A large chunk of earth has been observed slipping along a natural fault line at the construction area of the Oahe Dam. An area engineer states that it may be the first time such an event has been watched and scientifically recorded.
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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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- Oahe Dam Job Awarded
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.); Dams-South Dakota; Hammond, Colonel D.G.; Guy F. Atkinson Company, South San Francisco (Calif.); Ostrander Construction Company, Portland (Or.)
- The contract for construction of the powerhouse superstructure and surge tank bases of the Oahe Dam was awarded to the Guy F. Atkinson Company, South San Francisco, and the Ostrander Construction Company, Portland.
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- Magnitude, Value Of Oahe Dam Outlined by Engineer
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.). Oahe Unit; Dam construction -- South Dakota -- 1950-1960; Siebert, John
- John Siebert, area engineer for the Oahe Dam construction speaks on the value and magnitude of the Oahe Dam being constructed on the Missouri River.
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- Jumbo Gets Face-Lifting
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project; Dams – South Dakota
- The mechanical mole used to dig tunnels in the construction of the Oahe Dam will be getting a complete renovation.
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- Pierre Shale At Oahe Must Be Protected Against Drying
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project: Dams – South Dakota
- During the construction of the Oahe Dam, an air conditioning system protects the Pierre shale from drying out.
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- Oahe Dam Ground-Breaking Ceremonies Held
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River; Dam construction -- South Dakota -- 1940-1950
- Ceremony held initiating construction of the Oahe Dam.
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- Battle Lines are drawn at Oahe Dam
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); U. S. Army Corps of Engineers; Missouri River; Dam construction -- South Dakota -- 1950-1960
- Photo and details of plan “pitting man against the Missouri River” from the river before the diversion to the concluding phase of the closure.
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