Drainage in Southeast Missouri

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Historical photos of drainage operations in Southeast Missouri.

Dragline in use at Mississippi River. Drainage work, circa 1915.
Drainage work showing tree stumps in 1917.
Drainage workers' camp, early 1900s.
Staking the line of Ditch No. 1, undated. (Photo courtesy Special Collections and Archives, Southeast Missouri State University)

A levee base stripping machine, undated. (Photo courtesy Special Collections and Archives, Southeast Missouri State University)
This steam-powered stump puller was operated by the Little River Drainage District in 1915. (Photo courtesy Special Collections and Archives, Southeast Missouri State University)
Headwater Diversion Channel, circa 1925, built by the Little River Drainage District. (Photo courtesy Special Collections and Archives, Southeast Missouri State University)
These men pose at the camp of J.M. Baker, Ditch No. 39 on May 6, 1936. (Photo courtesy Special Collections and Archives, Southeast Missouri State University)
These CCC workers fill holes in the Diversion Channel levee on April 17, 1936. (Photo courtesy Special Collections and Archives, Southeast Missouri State University)