Floods--Maryland

Lula Brant Harsh was the daughter of the last lock keeper at Lock 44, near Williamsport. She reported in an interview in the Cracker Barrel.

I don't know how many floods we lived through. I don't know why we put up with it because the canal closed in '24. We only had to pay $1 a year to live there after the canal closed but we had to do our own papering, painting and repairs, anything that needed done to the house.

The Cushwa warehouse, near the confluence of the Conococheague and Potomac, Williamsport.

The photograph was given to the Western Maryland Room by Nelson Hause. It is unknown if that annotation on the photograph was written by Mr. Hause.

The annotation reads, left to right.
Car (of) lumber,
Shed that we tied the car too.
and to the right of Cushwa warehouse - this building left at 11 AM.

The back of the photograph reads:

A view across the Conococheague Creek to the Victor Cushwa and Sons Brick plant. Note the round kilns, the tall drying room, and the overhead conveyor.

This Kelley photograph taken from the church steeple in Williamsport shows the Potomac River and the Rt 11 bridge. The house on the far bank where the bridge reaches the West Virginia shore is Maidstone-on-the-Potomac. It was built by Evan Watkins, who operated Watkins Ferry on the Potomac.

The Conomac Park (from Conococheague and Potomac) closed after this flood in 1936

Conomac Park at Williamsport was inundated as the high water of the Potomac backed up the normally narrow Conococheague river. Box cars on the Western Maryland tracks and several houses were completely inundated.

The old power plant and the Cushwa warehouse, now by the Cushwa basin on the C&O canal. Between the power plant and the tannery with its towers is the Conococheague Creek.

Hagerstown Pumping Plant above Williamsport, Maryland

Kelly's Studio and Camera Shop, Hagerstown Md.

3-19-1936
Made with Fairchild Aerial Camera
A-3

Hancock (Md.) canoeist takes pair from roof.

United States Army in World War II U.S. Army Center of Military History

Views Of Flood Which Swept Potomac River Valley

This aerial photographs show the effects of Potomac waters in the vicinity of Hancock. The photograph shows a general view of the town where many homes were vacated by residents. Picture were taken from a National Guard plane piloted by Lieut. P. DeBrutz Jacques, of Washington county.

Published in the Hagerstown Morning Herald.

Views Of Flood Which Swept Potomac River Valley

An aerial photograph showing the effects of Potomac waters in the vicinity of Hancock. A view of Hancock and the highway bridge which was later swept out by the surging waters. Photograph taken from a National Guard plane piloted by Lieut. P. DeBrutz Jacques, of Washington county.

Published in the Morning Herald, Hagerstown, March 20, 1936