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Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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1936 Flood Connecticut Newspapers Collection
Author: Connecticut River Valley Flood of 1936
Author: Joshua ShanleyPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439672261
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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In the beginning of the twentieth century, the Connecticut River Valley was a thriving manufacturing hub for fabric, arms and brass. But early in the spring of 1936, nearly two feet of rain created havoc on a massive scale, killing more than one hundred people and leaving tens of thousands homeless, unemployed and without power for weeks. Patrols were conducted in rowboats on city streets. Typhoid and other public health issues complicated recovery efforts. Adjusted for today's standard, damage estimates exceeded $9 billion, and the flood helped launch FDR's Flood Control Act of 1936. Dams, reservoirs and dikes were constructed to control future flooding. Much of that system now remains in place but has gone largely unmaintained. Author Josh Shanley recounts the greatest flood in New England history and examines the potential for future floods.
Chronological Story of Connecticut Floods in 1936
Author: A Report on the Great Flood of March, 1936 in Connecticut, with Supplementary Data on the Farmington River Valley Flood of March 1936
Author: United States. Works Progress AdministrationPublisher:
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Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Flood Pictures of Eastern Connecticut
Author: The Floods of March 1936
Author: Nathan Clifford GroverPublisher:
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Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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1936 Flood Newspapers
Author: Pictorial Souvenir of the Disastrous Flood of 1936
Author: The Hartford CourantPublisher:
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Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
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Hartford Times, Flood Week, March 17-27, 1936
Author: Scrapbook about the Floods of 1936
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Category : Floods
Languages : en
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Shirley Temple scrapbook filled with newspaper accounts and images of the flooding of March 1936 precipitated by heavy rains and snow melt, that affected all of New England, and a second storm system that affected the mid-Atlantic states. The pictures and stories focus on Connecticut, but there are images from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland as well.