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The 1936 Northeastern United States flood was a historic flood that occurred across the Northeastern United States, as well as the Mid-Atlantic region and Ohio, in March 1936. Record-setting flooding after a combination of a particularly precipitation-heavy winter and large amounts of rainfall in March caused severe damage across the region. [1]
The Potomac and James Rivers, across the continental divide from the Ohio and its tributaries, also suffered severe flooding during mid-March 1936. [3] Potomac River crossings at Harpers Ferry and Shepherdstown, both in West Virginia, and Hancock and Point of Rocks, both in Maryland, were all destroyed. [4]
The 119-foot (36 m) dam would have created a reservoir extending nearly to Harpers Ferry. Superseded by the Seneca Dam proposal farther upriver, also never built. Harpers Ferry: Proposed in the vicinity of Sandy Hook and Weverton, the reservoir would have flooded the lower part of Harpers Ferry with a pool extending past Shepherdstown. It was ...
Approximately 150 to 200 people died in the Great Northeastern Flood of 1936. The flood’s damage was the catalyst needed for President Franklin D. Roosevelt to sign the Flood Control Act of 1936 ...
The B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing is a 15-acre (6.1 ha) historic site where a set of railroad bridges, originally built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, span the Potomac River between Sandy Hook, Maryland and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
"Most flood deaths occur in vehicles," the warning states. The Potomac River, at Shepherdstown, was at 10.68 feet as of 5:15 a.m. Wednesday, according to the weather service's latest online ...
This major flood between December 18, 1964, and January 7, 1965, [49] also impacted portions of southwest Washington, Idaho, Nevada, and especially northern California. [49] [50] In Oregon seventeen people died as a result of the disaster, and it caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. [50] The flooding covered 152,789 acres (618.32 ...
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, originally Harpers Ferry National Monument, is located at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers in and around Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The park includes the historic center of Harpers Ferry, notable as a key 19th-century industrial area and as the scene of John Brown's failed ...