Flood of 1935
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This image is from Volume 1 of 100 years of pictorial & descriptive history of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, while the quoted description is from Volume 2. "Almost 55 years since the flood of 1880. The views on this page were taken on the morning of the 25th and the flood broke in the city about 8 o'clock in the evening of Sunday the 24th day of April. The ... picture is looking from the second floor of the Library towards the Witter and compares in location with the top view of the proceeding page 18. The idea being to give some picture of the thickness of the ice and heights and swiftness that the water must have attained to bring it in over the top of the stone wall. One factor that contributed to the flooding of the street was the break in the wall at the end nearest the autoparts bicycle shop. Had this space of about six or eight feet been filled and the wall continued at its full height to this building, there is a probability that this water would never have come into the
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Taylor, T. A. (Theodore Asa)
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- McMillan Memorial Library
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- Photographs
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- No Copyright - In the United States:The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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- Taylor, T. A. (Theodore Asa). Flood of 1935. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/8307. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
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- Taylor, T. A. (Theodore Asa), Flood of 1935. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/8307
- MLA citation style
- Taylor, T. A. (Theodore Asa). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/8307>.