Stone building submerged in water from the 1937 flood up to near the top of a doorway at the National Distillers' Sunnybrook or Sunny Brook plant. A taller brick building is in the background. Copy photograph.
Brick building, the National Distillers' Sunnybrook or Sunny Brook plant on 28th Street side, with water about halfway up a doorway. A dark diagonal line near the top of the building indicates how deep the water was. Copy photograph.
Three men stand amid debris including barrels, tree branches, and other garbage next to the ramp of the Municipal Bridge, also known as the Second Street Bridge and George Rogers Clark Bridge, behind a brick building at Main Street.
On the morning of August 4, 2009, record-breaking rains fell in central Louisville and surrounding counties between 7 am and 10 am EDT, with reported hourly rainfall rates as high as 8.83 inches. The Louisville Free Public Library's main branch and...
Baxter Avenue during the 1937 flood. Groups of people are in row boats clustered in the middle of the water-covered road with buildings on either side. Copy photograph.
Bridges; Stone bridges; Streams; Floods; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville
Curved portion of Beargrass Creek leading to a stone bridge with billboards on the road above. The creek has water in it. A car is parked next to the bridge. Part of an improvement project to the creek. Written on image: O.R.F.-63. 11:30 A.M.
Bridges; Stone bridges; Streams; Floods; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville
Curved portion of Beargrass Creek leading to a stone bridge with billboards on the road above. The creek has water in it. Part of an improvement project to the creek. Labeled time is 12:15 pm.
Bridges; Stone bridges; Streams; Floods; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River
Water rising in Beargrass Creek at a portion below a stone bridge with billboards on the road above. Part of an improvement project to the creek.Stamped on the image: Ohio River Flood January-February 1937. by Commissioners of Sewerage. Louisville,...
Views of a portion of Beargrass Creek and signs of flooding in fields and near trees at the base of a hill with buildings above. Construction materials are near the creek. Part of an improvement project to the creek.
Construction machinery on site near Beargrass Creek. Muddy fields are torn up with tracks. Men stand near equipment. Views of some flooding at the base of a hill with buildings above. Part of an improvement project to the creek.
Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Floods; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Flood damage
Men work to repair equipment at the Louisville Gas & Electric Co. Beargrass Sub-Station after the 1937 flood. The men wear overalls or coveralls and one man smokes a cigar.
