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Title
Ironton
during
Great
Flood
of
1937
Subject
Flood
Natural Disaster
Works Progress Administration
Ohio Federal Writers' Project
1937
Time Period
1930s
Place
Ironton (Ohio)
Lawrence County (Ohio)
Ohio River
Description
Downtown
Ironton
,
Ohio
.
3rd
Street
facing
Southeast
at the
corner
of
Center
Street
.
Visible
signs
include
:
S.S
.
Kresge
Co
.
5-10-25
store
,
Peoples
Credit
Clothing
,
Gallaker
Drugs
.
S.S
.
Kresge
Company
was
founded
in
1899
in
Detroit
,
Michigan
. In
1962
the
name
was
changed
to
Kmart
.
Photo
was
taken
in
January
during
the
Great
Flood
of
1937
by the
WPA
. The
greatest
volume
of
water
ever
known
to
pass
along
Ohio's
southern
shores
flooded
all
Ohio
River
communities
.
January
13
through
25
record
rainfall
caused
the
Ohio
River
to
swell
to
80
ft
.
(9
ft
above
record
set
in
1884)
.
Crests
were
20
to
28
feet
above
flood
stage
and
January
1937
remains
as the
wettest
month
ever
recorded
in
Ohio
. With
damage
stretching
from
Pittsburgh
to
Cairo
,
Illinois
,
1
million
were
left
homeless
, with
385
dead
and
property
losses
reaching
$500
million
. The
disaster
struck
during
the
Great
Depression
and
just
a
few
years
after
the
Dust
Bowl
. By the
second
day
of the
flood
as
many
as
18,000
WPA
workers
were on
hand
to
aid
families
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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File Name
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Image Height
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Image Width
2056
File Size
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Display File Type
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Date created
2010-10-13
Date modified
2011-05-18
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