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Tiber Dam
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Tiber Dam Today

Photo of Tiber Dam

Tiber Dam, on the Marias River
J. Agee photo


iber Dam was part of an extensive project to mitigate flooding, generate electricity, irrigate the deserts of the Northern Plains, and ensure ample water to float commercial river traffic below Sioux City, Iowa. President Harry Truman officially initiated the Tiber Dam project in 1952.

--Joseph Mussulman

Tiber Dam
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From Discovering Lewis & Clark ®, http://www.lewis-clark.org © 1998-2009 VIAs Inc.
© 2009 by The Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation, Washburn, North Dakota.
Journal excerpts are from The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, edited by Gary E. Moulton
13 vols. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983–2001)