Flooded Railroad Tracks

January 23, 1937

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Flooded Railroad Tracks
  • Title
  • Flooded Railroad Tracks
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company
  • Date
  • January 23, 1937
  • Identifier
  • 8223.5995.RR
  • Description
  • View looking west along the flooded railroad yards, with the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company Central Warehouse and Mount Washington on the left, the 32.4' high Monongahela River on the right and the Wabash and Point Bridges in the background. The Ohio River flooded in late January and early February of 1937 after eighteen straight days of rain and sleet. Cities and towns along the Ohio River and its tributaries were severely damaged as the flood waters reached almost 80 feet, the highest level ever recorded for the Ohio River.
  • Extent
  • 8 x 10 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Floods
    Railroad yards
    Railroad stations
    Bridges
    Railroad bridges
    Rivers
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.)
    Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Point Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Mount Washington (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    South Shore (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company Photographs, 1886-1972
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company Records
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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