Aerial View of the 1937 Flood

 

15th & Wheeler in Covington

 

West Covington, looking East 1937

 

 
left, The Foot of Madison Avenue
right, Pike Street, south of Main
left, Scott Street, between 4th and 5th Streets
right, Seventh & Scott
left, at the entrance to the Suspension Bridge
right, Roughly from Madison Avenue looking north

 

Definitely Covington, likely 1937

 

 Suspension Bridge, 1937

 

Covington, 1937 Flood
left, looking south from the Suspension Bridge
right, foot of Garrard Street

 

 

left, Looking East on 3rd, from Madison
right, Madison, looking north from Fifth

 

 

left, Madison, looking north from 3rd
right, Maryland, looking north, from St. E

The Covington Library has lots of great 1937 Flood Scenes on their web site.  I especially recommend the photo album they have digitized of photographs of Mr. Otis Lowe.  The site is here.

Covington in the 1937 Flood

 

Aerial view of Covington, 1937

 

East End Residences, 1937

 

 

 

Another Aerial of Covington, 1937

 

   

Covington end of the Suspension Bridge
1937

 

Troops Marching to Suspension Bridge

 

Pontoon Bridge at 5th & Scott

 

The extent of the 1937 Flood waters

 

"Covington, Kentucky, on the Ohio opposite Cincinnati,
under fifteen feet of water - over one-third its area"
1937

 

"West Covington, Kentucky, across the Ohio from
Cincinnati, under 15 feet of water."
1937

 

Twelfth Street Bridge, 1937

 

 

7th & Scott, 1937

 

 

from St. Benedict's on 17th Street, 1937

 

St. Elizabeth in the 1937 Flood

 

This is a steam shovel, brought in to provide steam to St. Elizabeth,
since the boilers in St. E's basement were flooded, and inoperable.

 

How much greater was the '37 flood than its predecessors?  Lots.

 

Ground breaking for the Covington floodwall

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