423. Railorad Landslide, 1937
| Description: |
The image depicts what happens when the landfill under a raised railroad track meets moving flood waters. Twisted and torn railroad tracks, ties, and wagons are examined by local folks and railroad track officials in the area north of the Colgate plant. |
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| Origin: | 1981 |
| Created By: |
Day, Stephen T. |
| Contributor(s): |
Fordyce, Jerry |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll24/id/909 |
| Collection: |
Clark County Visual History |
| Copyright: |
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| Geography: |
Jeffersonville (Clark County, Indiana) |
| Subjects: |
Disasters Floods Rivers Railroads Education Clark County (Indiana) -- History Floods -- 1937 -- History -- Clark County, Indiana Disasters Maps -- Clark County (Indiana) Glossbrenner, J. E. Voigt, Paul Voigt, Mary R. Liston, Eleanor Ferrier, Mary |
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