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Prior to the 1913 flood, the Dayton area had suffered major floods nearly every other decade, with major water flows in 1805, 1828, 1847, 1866, and 1898. [6] Most of downtown Dayton was built in the Great Miami River's natural flood plain , which seemed advantageous in the early years when cities depended on rivers for transportation needs.
The death toll from the flood of 1913 places it second to the Johnstown Flood of 1889 as one of the deadliest floods in the United States. The flood remains Ohio's largest weather disaster. In the Midwestern United States, damage estimates exceeded a third of a billion dollars. Damage from the Great Dayton Flood at Dayton, Ohio, exceeded $73 ...
The flood caused the Brazos river to change course. It now entered the Gulf of Mexico at Freeport, Texas. Major flooding brought death and destruction of greater magnitude than previously experienced. The floods of 1913 and again in 1921 were the catalyst that would cause the state of Texas to attempt to tame the Brazos River. [18]
The Kenilworth Avenue Historic District is a historic district in the northwestern portion of Dayton, Ohio, United States.Composed largely of houses constructed after the Great Flood of 1913, the district features examples of several prominent architectural styles, and it has received both local and federal recognition.
On Easter 1913, the rains began for three days, and Ohio lost 470 people to one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history. 111 years later, recalling the tragedy and heroism of the 1913 Fremont ...
1913 Flood: 428 1913 (Ohio) Statewide Flood: Southwest, Central, and Eastern Ohio: 1913 Flood: 361 Great Dayton Flood: Dayton, Ohio: Flood was created by a series of three winter storms that hit the region in March, 1913 1913 Blizzard: 250 Great Lakes Storm of 1913: Fatalities estimated 1913 Storm 250 $5 million (1913 USD) Great Lakes Storm of ...
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