Collection Name
Collection Name
About
About
Photographs of flood damage
Media Items
Media Items
Media Items
ItemID
acfl043
IDEntry
7379
Creator
Kelley Studios, Hagerstown
Date
1936-03-18
Collection Location
Washington County Free Library
Coverage
Western Maryland, 1936
Body
This Kelley photograph shows the destruction of the bridges in Harpers Ferry.
36½ feet – the all-time record crest at Harpers Ferry. The Bollman highway bridge and Shenandoah bridge were swept away for good, while many businesses in the Lower Town were left in ruins.
From Memorable Floods at Harpers Ferry.
Notes
This photograph was printed reserved, so in correcting it the title appears backwards. It was part of the collection of Eugene Gordon, donated to the Western Maryland Room.