Connecticut River Valley Flood of 1936.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shanley, Joshua.

Series:

Disaster

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Floods--Connecticut River Valley.

Floods.

Connecticut River Valley--History.

Connecticut River Valley.

United States--Connecticut River Valley.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2021.

Summary:

"In the beginning of the twentieth century, the Connecticut River Valley was a thriving manufacturing hub for fabric, arms and brass. But early in the spring of 1936, nearly two feet of rain created havoc on a massive scale, killing more than one hundred people and leaving tens of thousands homeless, unemployed and without power for weeks. Patrols were conducted in rowboats on city streets. Typhoid and other public health issues complicated recovery efforts. Adjusted for today's standard, damage estimates exceeded $9 billion, and the flood helped launch FDR's Flood Control Act of 1936. Dams, reservoirs and dikes were constructed to control future flooding. Much of that system now remains in place but has gone largely unmaintained. Author Josh Shanley recounts the greatest flood in New England history and examines the potential for future floods"--Back cover

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I. The Industrial Revolution And Critical Infrastructure In The Connecticut River Valley

Lighting in the Connecticut River Valley

Hydroelectric Power in the Connecticut River Valley

Transportation on the Connecticut River

Part II. The Flood Of 1936

Comerford Station

Barnet and St. Johnsbury, Vermont, and the Fifteen Mile Falls Project

White River Junction, Vermont

Bellows Falls, Vermont

Brattleboro, Vermont, and Hinsdale and Chesterfield, New Hampshire

Vernon Station, Vermont: The Most Critical Battle of the Flood

Northfield, Massachusetts

Towns Along the Millers River: Athol, Orange and Erving

Greenfield and Montague, Massachusetts

Greenfield/Deerfield/Montague/Sunderland Bridges

Montague, Massachusetts

The Deerfield River

Northampton, Massachusetts

Quabbin Reservoir

Holyoke and South Hadley, Massachusetts

Chicopee Falls, Springfield and West Springfield, Massachusetts

Windsor Locks and Warehouse Point, Connecticut

Hartford, Connecticut

Middletown, Connecticut

Part III. After The Flood

New Deal Programs

Flood Control Politics

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

The Park River

Current Day

Appendix A. Bridges and Dams Destroyed or Washed Away

Appendix B. Communities of the Connecticut River Valley Affected

Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781439672266

1439672261

OCLC:

1245666350