The Flood Disaster of 1972 Collection contains material related to the impact and recovery from flood damage in Lancaster County caused by Hurricane Agnes in June 1972. Items in this collection include a photographic publication, a report from the Lancaster Redevelopment Authority, a record of disbursements, and a "Flood Disaster Project Area" map of Marietta, Pennsylvania.
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-189
Other Number
MG-189
Classification
MG0189
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 27 August 2021.
Black paper album in poor condition and several loose photographs of Kneisly family gravestones and family landmarks in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Compiled in the 1910s.
Black paper album in poor condition and several loose photographs of Kneisly family gravestones and family landmarks in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Compiled in the 1910s.
Photograph- Ice jam at foot of Locust Street, Columbia, near coal chutes. Written on back: "Reading Railroad shipped coal to Columbia by train then dumped it in coal chutes where it was put aboard boats and shipped to Baltimore. This is why the Reading Railroad bought the canal, later, from Pennsylvania. It was competition in the coal business."
Photograph- Ice jam at foot of Locust Street, Columbia, near coal chutes. Written on back: "Reading Railroad shipped coal to Columbia by train then dumped it in coal chutes where it was put aboard boats and shipped to Baltimore. This is why the Reading Railroad bought the canal, later, from Pennsylvania. It was competition in the coal business."
Description
Ice jam at foot of Locust Street, Columbia, near coal chutes. Written on back: "Reading Railroad shipped coal to Columbia by train then dumped it in coal chutes where it was put aboard boats and shipped to Baltimore. This is why the Reading Railroad bought the canal, later, from Pennsylvania. It was competition in the coal business."
Photograph- Flood of the Susquehanna River, March 19, 1936. Southern end of Marietta, rescue workers taking a family from their house. Members of this family were Mrs. Matt McCann, her daughter Mary, her son James and a boarder named Elmer Cashore. Also taken from the house were a dog and basket of chicks.
Photograph- Flood of the Susquehanna River, March 19, 1936. Southern end of Marietta, rescue workers taking a family from their house. Members of this family were Mrs. Matt McCann, her daughter Mary, her son James and a boarder named Elmer Cashore. Also taken from the house were a dog and basket of chicks.
Description
Flood of the Susquehanna River, March 19, 1936. Southern end of Marietta, rescue workers taking a family from their house. Members of this family were Mrs. Matt McCann, her daughter Mary, her son James and a boarder named Elmer Cashore. Also taken from the house were a dog and basket of chicks.
