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The Great Flood of 1913 severely affected Columbus, Ohio. The area most affected was Franklinton, also known as the Bottoms, for its low elevation near the Scioto River. Among many infrastructure projects, a 7.2-mile floodwall was built from 1993 to 2004 to protect most of Franklinton from flooding.
The 1959 Flood was the last major flood to hit the Franklinton area. On January 22, 1959, the Frank Road crest on the Scioto River came and was 27.22 ft. above the flood stage level. The frozen ground throughout the area was partly responsible for the large volume and rapid rate of runoff of the heavy rain. [15]
The 1945 flood of the Ohio River was the second-worst in Louisville, Kentucky, history after the one in 1937 and caused the razing of the entire waterfront district of the neighborhood of Portland. Afterwards, flood walls were erected around the city to 3 feet (0.91 m) above the highest level of the '37 flood.
Flooding a concern around Ohio on Wednesday. In the Columbus area, the weather service issued flood warnings for areas along the Scioto River in Franklin County and for the south fork of the ...
Part of McKinley Avenue in Columbus' Franklinton neighborhood will be closed from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday for a scheduled flood wall exercise.
The watch was issued at about 4:30 a.m. Monday. National Weather Service in Wilmington placed central and southern Ohio under a flood advisory until Tuesday evening for a series of storms that ...
In 1797, Sullivant returned to the Ohio and laid out a village of 220 lots in Franklin County, which he named Franklinton in honor of the recently deceased Benjamin Franklin. This original settlement was abandoned a year later in 1798 when a flood submerged most of the town.
The river rat theme alludes to the many floods, including the Great Flood of 1913, that plagued the area until a floodwall was constructed between Franklinton and the nearby Scioto River. [ 24 ] The new station building was designed by Harris Architects, built to complement the neighboring station building.