3 Pueblo Colorado Postcard REAL PHOTO Flood Union Depot Railroad Rail Yards 1921
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3 Pueblo Colorado Postcard REAL PHOTO Flood Union Depot Railroad Rail Yards 1921. The Pueblo Colorado 1921 Flood was the most catastrophic event to impact the city, and has changed its future course for a century?. The rail yards were destroyed, rail and vehicle bridges swept away. 3 Pueblo Colorado postcards REAL PHOTO showing the June 3, 1921 flood damage at Union Depot, the railroad rail yard, and railcars. Unused RPPC AZO stamp box, white border era 1921. Condition is front appears excellent sharp focus, 2 cards are about 1/8" short in width, This was a chaotic time in Pueblo so don't know if due to pc processor or trimmed, but great images. Condition is always subjective so please review the scan and make your own decision as to condition. If you have any questions, please send me a message in advance of the auction's closing. Now photographer credit, so possibly a amateur taken photo printed on postcard stock. The Pueblo Colorado 1921 Flood was the most catastrophic event to impact the city, and has changed its future course for a century? or more. It destroyed the commercial and industrial heart of the city, plus many residential neighborhoods. The rail yards were destroyed, rail and vehicle bridges swept away. Estimates of the economic loss was 1/3 to 2/3 of Pueblo’s assessed value. The following is a most brief summary from Dodds’ wonderful book “Pueblo A Pictorial History”. The 1921 flood was actually 3 storm events, the first being a heavy rain in the Dry Creek drainage north of Pueblo on June 2. The second even is the major flooding that occurred the night of June 3rd. The third even was the breaking of Schaeffer Reservoir in Beaver Creek on the morning of June 5th. Arkansas River measuring gauges were washed away, but peak flow has been estimated at a humongous (my word) 100,000 cubic feet per second, normal flow today is 5,000 to 7,000 cfs. The high water mark was at 11 feet on the Union Railroad Depot, 9 feet at City Hall, and water at the Board of Water Works pumping station at Fourth Street and Brand Avenue was almost 12 feet. Human loss will never be know, but the Bureau of Reclamation lists 120 know dead, 49 missing and 93 not accounted for. The health department reported the recovery of only 88 bodies. Several local professional photographers and many amateur photographers documented the destruction, and the Pueblo Chieftain and the Pueblo Star Journal (perhaps a combined publication during the flood period) printed an insert sheet of 10? postcards on heavier paper stock designed to be cut apart and mailed. Pueblo’s wonderful River Walk generally follows the 1921 path of the Arkansas River. The levee system that holds the river channel south of Union Avenue was built after the 1921 flood. Cost of shipping is reduced on multiple auction wins paid with my combined invoice. I will send you a direct invoice if you are a multiple auction winner and the invoice will reflect a reduction in shipping costs.
