Floods Wreak Havoc in Western North Carolina
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Title
Floods Wreak Havoc in Western North Carolina
Description
Series of photos of the 1940 flood. Each picture is labelled with a number. Picture 1 is an aerial view of the washed-out section of the Asheville-Canton Highway. Picture 2 is an aerial photograph of the American Enka Corporation's plant. Picture 3 is an aerial view of the French Broad between the West Asheville bridge and Asheville Livestock yard. Picture 4 is of porters loading mail into a train while standing in several inches of water. Picture 5 is of the McDowell Street viaduct and the backwaters of the Swannanoa River in Biltmore. Picture 6 is a close-up of a twisted railroad track in Marshall, with a man standing on it. Picture 7 is a picture of undemined railroad tracks at the Champion Paper and Fibre company in Canton, with an overturned shack in the shot. Picture 8 depicts a building being moved 300' down the main street of Marshall by water from the French Broad.
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Source
Newspapers.com
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Language
English
Identifier
NEWS_045
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Page Number
8
Collection
Citation
Bob Brown, “Floods Wreak Havoc in Western North Carolina,” Come Hell or High Water Community Memory Project, accessed February 13, 2026, https://helenehistory.omeka.net/items/show/482.