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The impact of the Mississippi River dam

The completion of the dam that spans the Mississippi River between Keokuk and Hamilton was supposed to mean big things for the region. In the fourth and final part of the series, Damming the Mighty Mississippi, Public Radio’s Jason Parrott looks at its impact in both 1913 and 2013.