Missouri River Division
North Pacific Division
1907 - Kansas City District formed 1871 - Portland Engineers Office opens (later becomes Portland District)
1933 - Missouri River Division established: headquaters in Kansas City, MO 1896 - Seattle District formed
1901 - Division formed: headquarters in San Francisco, CA
1934 - Omaha District formed 1918 - Columbia River 300-foot-wide, 30-foot-deep navigation channel opens
1939 - Kanopolis Dam started 1931 - North Pacific Division merges into Pacific Division
1940 - Construction completed on Fort Peck Dam 1938 - First multipurpose project on Columbia River opens at Bonneville Dam
1942 - Division offices move to Omaha, NE 1940 - Division begins WWII support
1943 - Construction starts on nine VA hospitals 1941 - First of Willamette River projects opens at Fern Ridge
1944 - Flood Control Act authorizes Pick Sloan Plan 1943 - ALCAN Highway completed
1945 - Rivers and Harbors Act authorizes nine-foot navigation channel 1946 - Alaska District established; North Pacific Division returns to Portland
1948 - First Missouri River agriculture levee started 1948 - Walla Walla District created
1952 - Construction completed on Harlan County Dam 1953 - McNary Dam put in service
1953 - MRD creates Reservoir Control Center 1955 - Albeni Falls and Chief Joseph dams become operational
1953 - Ft. Randall Dam becomes operational 1957 - The Dalles Dam replaces the Dalles-Celilo canal
1955 - Construction completed on Garrison Dam 1961 - Columbia River Treaty with Canada signed; Ice Harbor Dam opens
1955 - Construction started on Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs 1964 - Alaska Earthquake recovery
1955 - Gavin's Point Dam becomes operational 1968 - John Day and Lower Monumental dams begin operations
1956 - Planning starts on NORAD headquarters 1970 - Little Goose Dam completed
1959 - Construction completed on Tuttle Creek Dam 1974 - Dworshak Dam put in service
1960 - MRD Reservoir Control publishes first Missouri River Master Water Control Manual 1975 - Lower Granite and Libby dams put in service
1962 - Oahe Dam dedicated by President John F. Kennedy 1977 - First of Rogue River projects opens at Lost Creek
1964 - Construction completed on Big Bend Dam 1981 - Chief Joseph Dam adds 11 generators
1967 - Missouri River main stem system fills to desired levels for the first time 1983 - Essayons joins the dredge fleet; Bonneville Dam's second powerhouse comes on line
1982 - MRD designated Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste National Design Center 1985 - Construction begins on Elk Creek Lake
1986 - Contract awarded for Madigan Army Medical Center
1990 - MRD designs and constructs Army Engineers School at Fort Leonard Wood, MO 1989 - NPD assists with Valdez oil spill cleanup
1993 - Bonnevill Dam's second navigation lock opens
1993 - MRD personnel battle flooding that kills 47 people, damages 20 million acres and causes $11 billion in damages in nine Midwestern states. 1996 - NPD battles Great NW Flood
1997 - Division's Lab closes
1997 - MRD and NPD become Northwestern Division 1997 - NPD merges with MRD to form Northwestern Division

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