Item 25050 - Overturned wagon and debris, Ellsworth, 1923
- Item 25050 - Overturned wagon and debris, Ellsworth, 1923
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Image Info On May 3, 1923, the eastern portion of the Bangor Railway and Electric Company's storage dam gave way, sending down a wall of water that carried away several of the town's structures.
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This image illustrates some of the debris left behind.
No one was killed owing to an early fire alarm warning and the dam being located three and one-half miles from Ellsworth's town center.
