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Title	1937 Ohio River flood in Stuebenville photograph
Subject	Steubenville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works Floods--Ohio--Ohio River Ohio River--History Central business districts Storefronts--United States--Pictorial works Floods Disasters Ohio--History--Pictorial works Federal Writers' Project
Time Period	1930s 1940s
Place	Steubenville (Ohio) Jefferson County (Ohio)
Description	Caption reads: "Steubenville, Ohio. 1937 Flood. Sand works and Penna R.R. bridge." The greatest volume of water ever known to pass along Ohio’s southern shores flooded all Ohio River communities during the last two weeks of January 1937. With damage stretching from Pittsburgh to Cairo, Illinois, 1 million were left homeless, with 385 dead and property losses reaching $500 million, further worsened by the fact that it occurred during the Great Depression and just a few years after the Dust Bowl. Crests were 20 to 28 feet above flood stage and 4 to 9 feet above previous records. Six to 12 inches of rain fell in Ohio during January 13-25, 1937, totals never before or since experienced over such a large area of Ohio. January 1937 remains as the wettest month ever recorded in Ohio.
Creator	Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Date of Original	1937
Collection	Ohio Guide Photographs
Source	State Archives Series 1039 AV
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	SA1039AV_B01F17_035
Display File Type	image/jp2
Format	picture
Date created	2009-06-17
Date modified	2011-06-16

Title	SA1039AV_B01F17_035_001
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	SA1039AV_B01F17_035_001
Format	picture
Date created	2009-06-17
Date modified	2012-10-03

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