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Aerial View of the 1937 Flood |
Another Aerial of Covington, 1937 |
15th & Wheeler in Covington
West Covington, looking East 1937
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| The Foot of
Madison Avenue |
Pike Street,
south of Main |
Scott Street,
between 4th and 5th Streets |
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| Seventh & Scott | At the entrance to the Suspension Bridge | Roughly from
Madison Avenue looking north |
Definitely Covington, likely 1937
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| Looking south from the Suspension Bridge | Foot of Garrard Street | Looking East on 3rd, from Madison | Madison, looking north from Fifth |
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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. |
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| Madison, looking north from 3rd |
Maryland, looking north, from St. E |
East End |
Covington in the 1937 Flood |
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Aerial view of Covington, 1937 |
Looking northeast over Austinburg. This picture is 7 days before the crest of the flood, i.e. it'll coming up 7 more feet. |
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| Somewhere in Covington, 1937 |
Yes, the
Suspension Bride was the only bridge open between Cairo and Pittsburg. No, it wasn't effortless. |
Covington end of the Suspension Bridge, 1937
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Suspension Bridge, 1937 |
Suspension Bridge, 1937 |
Troops Marching |
The extent of the 1937 Flood waters in Kenton County.
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"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." |
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Pontoon Bridge at 5th & Scott |
6th and Main, 1937 |
Twelfth Street Bridge, 1937 |
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7th & Scott, 1937 |
7th & Scott, 1937 |
On the left of this pic is the Dixie Sign Company, at 117 Park Place in Covington |
Depenbrock's Grocery |
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
An AP wire photo from March 10, 1967.
The water's covering Riverside Drive.
