The Library of Virginia has posted an amazing set of photos showing the extant of the state-wide impact of Hurricane Agnes. Included are the these two shots across the valley and up Venable Street and also towards what was then the still fairly new WRVA tower.
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Pretty awesome pics… “@chpn: Hurricane Agnes (1972) http://t.co/OeDAPIx3qn”
Hey, I have an idea….lets build a stadium in the middle of this area. It only floods every decade
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Any pictures of the Gaston flooding in the Bottom? also the collapse at Chimborazo Playground and 31st
I’ve got this:
Grace and 31st Streets (2004)
https://chpn.net/news/2010/08/30/grace-and-31st-streets-2004_13910/
Cheers to the great pic of the Marshall Street Viaduct worked in there.
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