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Photos: Fargo's sand, clay and dirt flood walls

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Chase Nygaard, a contractor with Industrial Builders, Inc., packs trap bags to repel Red River flood waters on Monday, April 22, 2013.
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Stacks of sandbags
A stack of sandbags is ready for placement on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 in the Oak Grove neighborhood of Fargo, N.D. High school students will help make dikes with the sandbags on Thursday and Friday of this week, and early next week if necessary.
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Filling bags
Chase Nygaard, a contractor with Industrial Builders, Inc., packs trap bags to repel Red River flood waters on Monday, April 22, 2013.
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Filling bags
Crews fill trap bags with dirt in Fargo, N.D. on Monday, April 22, 2013. The bags are flood barriers with a footprint small enough to allow the street they are on, 5th Street S, to remain open.
MPR Photo/Nathaniel Minor