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This photo shows an interior view of the Union Pacific Railroad depot after the flood water receded, Topeka, Kansas. Railroad agent, C. E. Graff, points to the high water mark on the west wall of the depot. The water mark was 7' and 10 1/2" above the floor.
Date: July 21, 1951
Item Number: 209636
Call Number: QC.9 STO.F .1951 *275
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 209636
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Transportation
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Rail-Related - Depot
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Union Pacific
Business and Industry - Railroad - Depots
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Floods
Date - 1950s - 1951
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Union Pacific
Transportation - Railroads - Depots
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