W.N.C. Floods Leave Destruction in Wake
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Title
W.N.C. Floods Leave Destruction in Wake
Description
Series of photos of the 1940 flood. Each picture is labelled with a number. Picture 1 of the Enka gate as water from Hominy Creek poured into the American Enka Corporation's rayon plant. Picture 2 is of that plant before the water receded. Picture 3 is the remains of a bridge in Cullowhee. This picture was taken by . Picture 4 is of Park Avenue in Canton being submerged in over 3' of water from the Pigeon River. Picture 5 is of Old Mill Inn off US 19 west being flooded by the Tuckaseegee River. Two small buildings were floated away, like the two in the picture. Picture 6 is of a building in Marshall after floodwaters began receding. Picture 7 is of a store that had its rear end ripped off in Fibreville. Picture 8 is an aerial view of Biltmore.
Source
Newspapers.com
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Language
English
Identifier
NEWS_046
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Page Number
5
Collection
Citation
P.A. Donnahoe, J. M. Deaton, and Bob Brown, “W.N.C. Floods Leave Destruction in Wake,” Come Hell or High Water Community Memory Project, accessed February 17, 2026, https://helenehistory.omeka.net/items/show/483.