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On March 6, 1963, long-term saturation of the over-100-year-old earthen content, along with unchecked shrub and tree growth, severely weakened the structural content of the dam and caused the waters of Spaulding Pond to burst forth into the city, causing the Great Flood of Norwich, elegantly chronicled in the 2013 book A Swift and Deadly ...
The Flood of 1955 was one of the worst floods in Connecticut's history. Two back-to-back hurricanes saturated the land and several river valleys in the state, causing severe flooding in August 1955. The rivers most affected were the Mad River and Still River in Winsted, the Naugatuck River, the Farmington River, and the Quinebaug River. [1]
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Norwich Public Utilities met with city officials this week about the storm, and Norwich Public Works cleared catch basin tops and culverts Wednesday. Winds, saturated soil: Why rain from Hurricane ...
The long and costly recovery effort has begun in Connecticut and New York after historic flooding caused sweeping damage over the weekend. Long recovery underway after deadly and destructive ...
The Shetucket River is a tributary of the Thames River, 20.4 miles (32.8 km) long, [2] in eastern Connecticut in the United States.. It is formed at Willimantic by the junction of the Willimantic and Natchaug rivers.
On Sept. 24, 1963, there was a huge crowd there when Compton arrived at Grey Towers and parked her car. "Lo and behold," she recalled, "Mr. Kennedy's car came."
The river then continues to the Shetucket River northeast of Norwich. That river flows from there into the Thames River and drains into the Long Island Sound. It is dammed in its upper reaches at East Brimfield Dam, Westville Dam, and West Thompson Lake all for flood control, as well as numerous mill dams which powered mills along the river's ...