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  2. Great Dayton Flood - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Great Flood of 1913 - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Miami Conservancy District - Wikipedia

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    It was organized in 1915 following the catastrophic Great Dayton Flood of the Great Miami River in March 1913, which hit Dayton, Ohio particularly hard. Designed by Arthur Ernest Morgan , the Miami Conservancy District built levees , straightened the river channel throughout the Miami Valley , and built five dry dams on various tributaries to ...

  5. Kenilworth Avenue Historic District - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Floods in the United States (1900–1999) - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. 'It's going to destroy our city.' Cost of flood ... - AOL

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    That historic flood over 100 years ago killed more than 300 people and swept away homes, businesses and bridges along the 160-mile-long river that flows from Logan County south past Middletown ...

  8. List of deadliest floods - Wikipedia

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    Great Dayton Flood: United States: 1913 360 1958 Buenos Aires flood Argentina: 1958 356+ [6] [15] ... Columbus, Ohio flood on March 25, 1913 United States: 1913 86

  9. 111 years later, recalling the tragedy and heroism of the ...

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    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 ...