Flood Damaged Railroad

(Original Caption) Left Hanging. . .Farmington, Connecticut: Ravaging rivers whose waters tore away life and wrought destruction never before seen in Connecticut began to flow back to normal today. As the torrents receded, the story of Connecticut's greatest disaster was unfolded. This New Haven Railroad trestle washed away its understructure. As residents started to salvage what could be salvaged, they were also faced with the threat of typhoid fever and other diseases.
(Original Caption) Left Hanging. . .Farmington, Connecticut: Ravaging rivers whose waters tore away life and wrought destruction never before seen in Connecticut began to flow back to normal today. As the torrents receded, the story of Connecticut's greatest disaster was unfolded. This New Haven Railroad trestle washed away its understructure. As residents started to salvage what could be salvaged, they were also faced with the threat of typhoid fever and other diseases.
Flood Damaged Railroad
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Credit:
Bettmann / Contributor
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517766912
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Bettmann
Date created:
August 22, 1955
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