Item 31107 - Kennebec River Flood, Joppa, Hallowell, 1896

Item 31107 - Kennebec River Flood, Joppa, Hallowell, 1896
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Item 31107
Kennebec River Flood, Joppa, Hallowell, 1896
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The lower part of the Joppa neighborhood, just north of the generating station for the the Augusta-Hallowell-Gardiner streetcar line flooded in 1896. This section of the city flooded every year that a spring freshet caused the Kennebec River to go above its banks.

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