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Viewing the aftermath of the 1951 flood to the Santa Fe Railway bridge in Topeka, Kansas. The extremely heavy rains during June and July of 1951 caused some of the greatest flooding ever seen in Kansas history. These high waters affected all the area river basins of the Kansas, Neosho, Marais des Cygnes and Verdigris.
Creator: Booth, Norman C.
Date: July 28, 1951
Item Number: 211169
Call Number: FK2.S5 T.4 FL.1951 *45
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 211169
Business and Industry - Railroad - Bridges
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Floods
Date - 1950s - 1951
Environment - Weather - Floods
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Shawnee
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Transportation - Railroads - Bridges
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Type of Material - Photographs
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