Author: Joshua Shanley
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439672261
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
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.
Connecticut River Valley Flood of 1936
Author: Joshua Shanley
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439672261
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439672261
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
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.
The Floods of March 1936
Author: Nathan Clifford Grover
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Connecticut Valley 1936 Flood Control Act Project
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. New England Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Connecticut River Watershed
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Connecticut River Watershed
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
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 Administration
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Connecticut River Valley Flood of 1936
Author: Joshua Shanley
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467145777
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467145777
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
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.
The Effect of the Flood of 1936 on the Hartford Area and the Resulting Flood Control Action of the Connecticut River 1936-1959
Author: Robert E. Hansen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood damage prevention
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood damage prevention
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The Connecticut River Valley Flood of September 1938 in Connecticut
Author: Connecticut Ground Water Survey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Recording Events of the Great Flood of 1936
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood damage
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Reporting on devastation for Middlesex County towns abutting the Connecticut River.
Publisher:
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Category : Flood damage
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Reporting on devastation for Middlesex County towns abutting the Connecticut River.
Flood Control Politics
Author: William Edward Leuchtenburg
Publisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
No detailed description available for "Flood Control Politics".
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
No detailed description available for "Flood Control Politics".