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Title: Birds eye view of Bellevue, Iowa, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Mississippi River
Description: Looking north at a cityscape of Bellevue, Iowa with St. Joseph's Catholic Church in the left background, train passing through in the center, and the Mississippi River in the right background.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:14180

Title: Boone Viaduct over the Des Moines River, Boone, Iowa, Kate Shelley High Bridge, Kate Shelley Memorial High Bridge, Boone High Bridge, Chicago & Northwestern Railroad viaduct, Boone Viaduct
Description: "Boone Viaduct over the Des Moines River, four miles west of Boone, Iowa, on main line of Chicago & Northwestern Railway. Length 2,685 feet. Height 185. 5,600 tons of Steel. Length of center span 300 feet. Largest Double Track Bridge in the World." --t.p. The Pratt deck truss bridge was built in 1899-1901, designed by the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and constructed by the American Bridge Co. (Ambridge, PA). It is located in the Boone-Ogden Cutoff and crosses the Des Moines River at a point where the bluffs on either side are about 3000 feet apart. The bridge was nicknamed for the Iowa railroad heroine, Kate Shelley, also spelled Shelly. In 1881, when she was 17 years old, Kate Shelley risked her life to warn a passenger train by crossing the Des Moines River Bridge near Moingona at night, during a thunderstorm. Her goal was to warn the passenger train that the next bridge was out. That train had already been stopped. She then led rescuers to two men still in the swollen, flooded Honey Creek near her house, and they were saved. Her bravery was heralded in many newspapersListed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:13379

Title: Bridge and river, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Iowa River
Description: Old truss bridge across the Iowa River near Belle Plaine, Iowa. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13772

Title: Flat rocks, Bradgate, Iowa, Des Moines River
Description: Man fishing on the Des Moines River near Bradgate, Iowa. He appears to be standing on a large flat rock.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:14170

Title: Frozen form pillars, Iowa River, Belmond, Iowa, Main Street Bridge
Description: Wintery scene of the frozen Iowa River looking at a Lost Pratt through truss bridge in the background. The bridge was replaced in 1977. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14178

Title: Iowa River view, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Canoe on Iowa River
Description: A canoe along the shore of the Iowa River near Belle Plaine, Iowa.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14202

Title: Iowa River, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Canoe on Iowa River
Description: A canoe along the shore of the Iowa River near Belle Plaine, Iowa. 1907 postmark. Number 4409.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14196

Title: Overlooking the Mississippi River, Bellevue State Park, Bellevue, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at the Mississippi River and Bellevue, Iowa, from a hand-constructed stone wall located in Bellevue State Park. Number 9523.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14182

Title: South Bridge, Belle Plaine, Iowa
Description: Wooden bridge over stream leading to the South Bridge over the Iowa River near Belle Plaine, Iowa. A horse and buggy are in the left foreground. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13771