Damage on S. McCamly Street from the flood of 1908

dc.coverage.temporal	Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1908	en_US
dc.identifier.other	LPC-033-010-001	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/12943
dc.description	Postcard showing a photo of the damage on South McCamly Street after the flood of 1908. The Post Theater can be seen in the right background. Battle Creek experienced major flooding in the downtown area in 1887, 1896, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1918, and 1947. By the mid-1950's local leaders worked with the federal government to vacate properties in the flood-prone neighborhood southwest of downtown Battle Creek known as "the bottoms." By 1954 a coalition of local industries and foundations and the federal government was formed to clear housing in the Bottoms. Displaced residents were encouraged to move to the Washington Heights neighborhood. Work began with the Army Core of Engineers on the "Cement River Project" to straighten the Kalamazoo River and channel it so that it no longer could flood the downtown area or displace homeowners. Caption on front: McCamly St. South After the Flood Written on back: Battle Creek 3-8-08 Post Theatre upon right	en_US
dc.format.medium	b&w postcard	en_US
dc.language.iso	En	en_US
dc.subject	Floods	en_US
dc.subject	Theaters - Post Theater	en_US
dc.subject	Floods, Cyclones	en_US
dc.title	Damage on S. McCamly Street from the flood of 1908	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US