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The Ohio River flood of 1937 took place in late January and February 1937. With damage stretching from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, 385 people died, one million people were left homeless and property losses reached $500 million ($10.2 billion when adjusted for inflation as of September 2022).
Shively, Kentucky/Jeffersonville, Indiana: 76+ deaths; Kevil–West Louisville, Kentucky: 21+ deaths; 146 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire: Fire (building) New York City, New York: Led to improved occupational safety standards as well as mandatory comprehensive fire safety standards 145 1976 Big Thompson River: Flood: Colorado: 144 1953
A bridge was built across the Ohio River in 1932 and in that same decade steps were first taken to develop an airport. As it did elsewhere in the country, the Great Depression of the 1930s was a time of high unemployment and business and banking failure. In 1937 a massive flood covering 500 city blocks proved to be a major crisis. [18]
Leavenworth was laid out in 1818 in a horseshoe shaped bend of the Ohio River, directly under a large bluff called Mt. Eden. The bluff forms part of the Indiana Ridge and faces directly across the river toward Kentucky. "Old Leavenworth" (the original town, now practically abandoned) was almost completely wiped out by the huge 1937 Ohio River ...
Between March 23 and March 27, 1913, Indiana and more than a dozen other states experienced major flooding during the Great Flood of 1913; it was Indiana's worst flood disaster up to that time. [ 274 ] [ 275 ] [ 276 ] The weather system that created the unprecedented flooding arrived in Indiana on Sunday, March 23, with a major tornado at Terre ...
Coordinates: 36°59′12″N 89°07′50″W. Ohio River. The widest point on the Ohio River is just north of downtown Louisville, where it is one mile (1.6 km) wide. Indiana is on the right towards the flood gates, Kentucky on the left, towards the locks. The jetty on the left is the entrance to the Louisville and Portland Canal.
Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in the history of the United States, with 27,000 square miles (70,000 km 2) inundated in depths of up to 30 feet (9 m) over the course of several months in early 1927. The period cost of the damage has been estimated to be between $246 ...
Kintner–Withers House. / 37.9741639°N 86.0594472°W / 37.9741639; -86.0594472. The Kintner–Withers House, also known as Cedar Farm, is on the National Register of Historic Places, south of Laconia, Indiana, along the Ohio River in Boone Township, Harrison County, Indiana. Jacob Kintner, aided by his wife Elizabeth, built the ...