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    The Ohio River flood of 1937 took place in late January and February 1937. With damage stretching from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, 385...
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  • 100 watt signal.: 19  WPAD was one of several radio stations that was impacted by the infamous Ohio River flood of 1937; the station was temporarily relocated...
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  • Republican River Flood of 1935". Corn Nation. Retrieved December 1, 2021. Ohio River flood of 1937Ohio History Central – A product of the Ohio Historical...
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    Old Shawneetown, Illinois (category Illinois populated places on the Ohio River)
    for the Northwest Territory. The village was devastated by the Ohio River flood of 1937. The village's population was moved several miles inland to New...
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    had about 130 inhabitants. The Ohio River flood of 1937 inundated the community. Point Pleasant is the birthplace of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant...
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    "Gateway to the Shawnee National Forest", and is also known for the Ohio River flood of 1937, the old Crenshaw House (also known as the Old Slave House), the...
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  • well-suited for singing. Brooks gained fame for his reporting of the Ohio River flood of 1937, where he was featured on emergency broadcasts by WHAS and...
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    the Ohio River flood of 1937 at Louisville, for an example.) The Taylorsville Lake Dam, built in the early 1970s, has tamed the worst of the floods and...
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    Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 Ohio River flood of 1937 Old River Control Structure "Tornado victims...
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    New Amsterdam, Indiana (category Indiana populated places on the Ohio River)
    County.[citation needed] Floods played a large part in the decline of the town. The Great Ohio River flood of 1937 destroyed 75% of the structures in the...
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