Collection Name
Collection Name
About
About
Photographs of flood damage
Media Items
Media Items
Media Items
ItemID
acfl045
IDEntry
7381
Rights
C&O National Historic Park
Date
1936-03-19
Collection Location
C&O National Historic Park
Coverage
Western Maryland, 1936
Body
The Potomac Edison power plant was forced to shut down and the town was plunged into darkness. Pictures of the 1936 flood show the river up to the Route 11 bridge, covering the River Bottom and reaching to the base of the Bollman Bridge (West Salisbury Street, entrance to River Bottom). This photograph shows the power plant, now the R. Paul Smith Power Station, surrounded by the waters of the Potomac River.
Notes
The photograph was part of the NPS Harsh collection and is used with permission.