THE MARSHALL BLOCK COMPANY DUMPS UNUSED CONCRETE OVER THE EDGE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BANK. MOST OF IT HARDENS ON SHORE BUT SOME OOZES INTO THE WATER, 06/1973

ARC Identifier 551520 / Local Identifier 412-DA-9035

Photographs and other Graphic Materials from the Environmental Protection Agency. (12/02/1970 - )

Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division, College Park, MD

Item from Record Group 412: Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1944 - 2006

WEST BANK OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR 55TH AVENUE, NORTH, IN BROOKLYN CENTER, A SUBURB OF MINNEAPOLIS, 06/1973

ARC Identifier 551527 / Local Identifier 412-DA-9042

Photographs and other Graphic Materials from the Environmental Protection Agency. (12/02/1970 - )

Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division, College Park, MD

Item from Record Group 412: Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1944 - 2006

IN THE SPRING OF 1973 THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER REACHED ITS HIGHEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN 150 YEARS. UNPRECEDENTED FLOODING OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE RIVER BASIN. PARTICULARLY AFFECTED WERE THE MARSH AREA BELOW NEW ORLEANS AND THE ENTIRE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER BASIN AERIAL VIEW OF ATCHAFALAYA FLOOD AREA, 05/1973

ARC Identifier 552837 / Local Identifier 412-DA-10352

Photographs and other Graphic Materials from the Environmental Protection Agency. (12/02/1970 - )

Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division, College Park, MD

Item from Record Group 412: Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1944 - 2006

LAKE BORGNE OYSTERMEN CLAIM RELEASE OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOOD WATERS HAS POLLUTED THEIR OYSTER BEDS. SOME OF THE MEN ARE PREPARING A LEGAL DEPOSITION. ABOARD CAPTAIN PETE TESVICH'S BOAT THEY COLLECT EVIDENCE FOR THEIR CASE. TESVICH'S GROUP HAS BOARDED BOAT CARRYING A GROUP OF U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS BIOLOGISTS TOGETHER THEY EXAMINE THE DEAD AND DISEASED OYSTERS. OYSTERMAN TOM HADLEY PROBES A DISEASED OYSTER, 06/1973

ARC Identifier 552880 / Local Identifier 412-DA-10395

Photographs and other Graphic Materials from the Environmental Protection Agency. (12/02/1970 - )

Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division, College Park, MD

Item from Record Group 412: Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1944 - 2006

AERIAL VIEW OF THE CUYAHOGA RIVER SPILLWAY AT PENINSULA OHIO, NORTH OF AKRON. THERE WAS A DAM AT THE LOCATION A FEW YEARS AGO UNTIL TAKEN OUT IN A FLOOD. THE OHIO-ERIE CANAL CROSSED THE RIVER AT THAT POINT AND A MILL STOOD AT A POINT WHERE VISITORS CAN VIEW REMAINS OF THE WALL ABOVE THE RIVER WATER. THE CANAL WAS HEAVILY USED FOR COMMERCE AS A LINK BETWEEN THE GREAT LAKES AND THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER SYSTEMS. IT IS NOW PART OF THE CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, 09/1975

ARC Identifier 558061 / Local Identifier 412-DA-15611

Photographs and other Graphic Materials from the Environmental Protection Agency. (12/02/1970 - )

Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division, College Park, MD

Item from Record Group 412: Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1944 - 2006