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Flooding in Ridgewood, 1911

Collection: Illustrations Collection at the Archives at Queens Library
Date: April 1911; 1911 Material: Black and white photograph Dimension: 8 x 10 inches; 400 ppi
Creator: Archives at Queens Library Identifier: aql:16462 ill-vf-aql-000020 ill-vf-aql-000020.tif

Description: Severe flooding conditions after an April 1911 rainstorm on Cypress Avenue, south of Myrtle Avenue. The installation of sewers in October 1911 made Ridgewood much less vulnerable to severe rainstorm flooding.

Collection : aql:13844; aql:18032

Creator : Archives at Queens Library

Date : April 1911; 1911

Summary/Description : Severe flooding conditions after an April 1911 rainstorm on Cypress Avenue, south of Myrtle Avenue. The installation of sewers in October 1911 made Ridgewood much less vulnerable to severe rainstorm flooding.

Subject : Floods; Streets

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Coverage : Ridgewood, Queens, NY Ridgewood (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Digital image

Format : Black and white photograph; 8 x 10 inches; 400 ppi

Identifier : aql:16462 ill-vf-aql-000020 ill-vf-aql-000020.tif

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Floods; Streets
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