Flooded Grand Trunk tracks in downtown Battle Creek, c. 1908

dc.coverage.temporal	Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1908	en_US
dc.identifier.other	LPC-033-019-003	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/12839
dc.description	Postcard showing a photograph of flooded Grand Trunk tracks, c. 1908. Note the Grand Trunk Freight office on right and Carton Company on left. 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: G. T. Tracks Looking West. Written on back: Capital SW 1991 New Station now on right Ralston Back Left. Stuart Lassen. This is a picture of some of the water we had this spring. L. Mich Carton R. Grand Trunk Freight Office Battle Creek, Mich. March 1908	en_US
dc.format.medium	b&w postcard	en_US
dc.language.iso	En	en_US
dc.subject	Floods	en_US
dc.subject	Railroads and Depots - Grand Trunk	en_US
dc.subject	Floods, Cyclones	en_US
dc.title	Flooded Grand Trunk tracks in downtown Battle Creek, c. 1908	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US