Wreckage along Swannanoa River after 1916 flood
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Wreckage along Swannanoa River after 1916 flood
Description
Sepia photo postcard of wreckage along river banks after the July 1916 flood. Visible are a Texaco gasoline pump, broken wagon wheels, stacks of lumber, and several displaced buildings. In an open foreground, two mules hitched to some kind of 4-wheeled rig, and a paneled wagon similar to those used to haul ice.
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Buncombe County Special Collections
Identifier
AA180
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Citation
Photographer unknown, “Wreckage along Swannanoa River after 1916 flood,” Come Hell or High Water Community Memory Project, accessed January 13, 2026, https://helenehistory.omeka.net/items/show/244.