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[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0139]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Webbers Falls Lock and Dam on the Arkansas River five miles northwest of Webbers Falls in Muskogee County is reported to be 55 percent complete by the Army Corps of Engineers. The lock at the left end of the spillway is complete."
Date: October 18, 1969
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0134]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The third lock and dam structure on the Arkansas River in Oklahoma after the river leaves Arkansas, the Webbers Falls Lock and Dam is one of the four "high lift" structures on the navigation system. It is being built three miles upriver from the Webbers Falls bridge."
Date: August 29, 1967
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0115]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Bids for the construction of the turning basin at the head of navigation for the Arkansas-Verdigris River system near Catoosa, Okla., were opened August 3, and a contract is scheduled to be awarded later this month."
Date: July 6, 1967
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0114]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Spillway for Lock and Dam 17 is being constructed inside cofferdam on the Verdigris River, about seven miles north of Muskogee."
Date: December 7, 1967
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0104]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Corps of Engineers Dams in Arkansas have prevented over $34 million worth of flood damages since their construction. Lower right, Bull Shoals has prevented over $10 million in flood damage alone; other dams preventing flood damage are, upper left, Beaver; upper right, Norfork; and lower left, Greers Ferry."
Date: December 4, 1968
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0116]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Lock and Dam No. 17 is the first lock and dam on the Verdigris River after the navigation system leaves the Arkansas River. It is being constructed about seven miles north of Muskogee."
Date: August 29, 1967
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0126]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "View from Lock and Dam No. 18 looks downstream and generally shows project's construction area."
Date: February 13, 1969
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0136]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Lock and Dam No. 18 along Verdigris River, as part of McClellan-Kerr Navigation System project, last major facility under contract as of June, 1967, located southwest of Inola."
Date: July 6, 1967
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0088]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Lock and Dam No. 17 is located on the Verdigris River about 7 miles north of Muskogee, Okla., near the town of Okay."
Date: July 6, 1967
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0122]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "W. D. Mayo Lock and Dam No. 14, on the Arkansas River, looking downstream, is now 49 percent complete. It is one of five lock and dam structures on the Arkansas-Verdigris Navigation System in Oklahoma, being built by the Tulsa Corps of Engineers."
Date: February 13, 1969
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0144]

Description: Caption: "This is a closeup of the Robert S. Kerr lock and dam on the Arkansas River, looking downstream into the lock chamber. The huge gantry crane, being dismantled, was used during concrete placement and erection of gates and valves."
Date: December 7, 1967
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0091]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "David D. Terry Lock and Dam will be the site for elaborate ceremonies marking the opening of the Arkansas River for navigation to Little Rock. The ceremonies will be held on October 4 with President Lyndon B. Johnson expected to attend. The structure is east of Little Rock, near Scott."
Date: August 8, 1968
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0128]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "This view of Dam No. 17 looks upstream on Verdigris River and shows Highway 69 bridge which will be replaced with a new bridge about one-half mile upstream to provide navigation clearance."
Date: February 13, 1969
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0085]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "David D. Terry Lock and Dam will be the site for elaborate ceremonies marking the opening of the Arkansas River for navigation to Little Rock. The ceremonies will be held on October 4 with President Lyndon B. Johnson expected to attend. The structure is east of Little Rock, near Scott."
Date: August 8, 1968
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0118]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Arkansas River navigation to a point near Little Rock, Ark., will be marked October 4 with ceremonies at the David D. Terry Lock and Dam. President Johnson is expected to attend the rites near Scott, Ark."
Date: August 28, 1968
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0117]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Bids for the construction of the turning basin at the head of navigation for the Arkansas-Verdigris River system near Catoosa, Okla., were opened August 3, and a contract is scheduled to be awarded later this month."
Date: July 6, 1967
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0113]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Construction area for the W. D. Mayo lock and dam shows Arkansas following diversion channel around cofferdam. Project is 25 percent complete."
Date: December 7, 1967
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0096]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Corps of Engineers Dams in Arkansas have prevented over $34 million worth of flood damages since their construction. Lower right, Bull Shoals has prevented over $10 million in flood damage alone; other dams preventing flood damage are, upper left, Beaver; upper right, Norfork; and lower left, Greers Ferry."
Date: December 4, 1968
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0086]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Barge traffic's skyrocketing on the Arkansas River Navigation System, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers reported Thursday. Traffic on the Oklahoma portion jumped 453 percent from 1971 to 1972."
Date: February 24, 1970
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0137]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Lock and Dam No. 18 along Verdigris River, as part of McClellan-Kerr Navigation System project, last major facility under contract as of June, 1967, located southwest of Inola."
Date: July 6, 1967
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0106]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Arkansas River navigation to a point near Little Rock, Ark., will be marked October 4 with ceremonies at the David D. Terry Lock and Dam. President Johnson is expected to attend the rites near Scott, Ark."
Date: August 28, 1968
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0130]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "One of the four "high-lift" locks on the Arkansas-Verdigris River Navigation Project, Kerr Lock and Dam No. 15 is the most nearly complete of the five locks and dams being constructed on the Oklahoma portion of the waterway. Also shown is the relocation of U. S. Hwy 59 bridge."
Date: August 29, 1967
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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