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From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org><br>
To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org><br>
Sent: Tue, 26 May 2009 10:15 pm<br>
Subject: Re: 1936 floods<br>
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<div id=AOLMsgPart_0_89463515-8c6a-4ae2-84e2-1948334cff87 style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff">The flood of March 1936 was indeed caused by a severe winter followed by unusual warm temperatures and heavy rain in March. Ice floes as much as a foot thick and the high water caused severe damage along the Potomac. Water was 42 feet above normal at Shepherdstown, where the highway bridge was destroyed. B&O was badly damaged, but their Harpers Ferry bridges survived. N&W was on high ground north of Front Royal, but it looks like it suffered where the tracks ran close to the Shenandoah south of there. Until a temporary ferry was placed in operation at Shepherdstown, N&W was the only way other than boat to cross there. The nearest highway bridge to survive was upstream at Williamsport, MD. That stretched the 4 mile trip to Sharpsburg, MD to 36 miles. <br>
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--Rick Morrison <br>
Shenandoah Div. track charts show <U>some</U> high water marks. On 3/18/38 the water was over the main<br>
line at MP H-185 (Buena Vista) cresting at 828.93 ft. above sea level. Entries for the 1942 flood<br>
start just north of Lyndhurst( 10/15/42) and continues north to Carson (where I-66 crosses the river<br>
and the railroad) (10/18/42). Harry Bundy</div>
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