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Shepherdstown, 1936 - Lock 38

Collection Name

The 1936 Flood in Cumberland, Hancock, and Williamsport

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Photographs of flood damage

Media Items

Photo of people gathering to view flood damage of lock 38 at Bridgeport, 1936 Flood
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ItemID
acfl051
IDEntry
7387
Creator
Nelson Hause
Date
1936
Collection Location
Western Maryland Room, Washington County Free Library
Subject
Floods--Maryland
Cumberland, MD--History
Coverage
Western Maryland, 1936

This view is of lock 38 at Bridgeport, across from Shepherdstown. On the far bank is Bellevue. There is a boat on top of the flume. The bridge between West Virginal and Maryland was washed away in this flood and was not rebuilt until 1939.

Unrau wrote: The canal at Shepherdstown was inundated for 62 hours, and at its peak the flood reached an elevation of 22 feet above the towpath, a height exceeding the 1889 figure by five feet.

Notes

This photograph was among a collection given to the Western Maryland Room by Nelson Hause's family.

See: Unrau, H. D., & Gray, K. M. (2007). Historic resource study: Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. Hagerstown, Md: U.S. Dept. of Interior, National Park Service, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park.