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    The 1985 Election Day floods — also known as the Killer Floods of 1985 in West Virginia — produced the costliest floods in both West Virginia and Virginia...
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    struck the town in 1985. The South Branch of the Potomac River in Franklin crested at 22.6 feet during the 1985 Election day floods. Flood stage at the time...
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    freight station after its original location was destroyed in the 1985 Election Day floods. The locomotive sat under the Robert B. Claytor and W. Graham Claytor...
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  • practice facility flooded during the 1985 Election Day floods. "Flood may wash out LU's season". The News & Daily Advance. November 6, 1985. Retrieved March...
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    Pennsylvania, in what became known as the "1985 Election Day floods" in Virginia, or the "Killer Floods of 1985" in West Virginia. According to the National...
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    magisterial districts in 1872. Most of the 47 people killed in the 1985 Election day floods were in Pendleton and Grant counties, according to the National...
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    history of this community. Dating back to 1985 which coincidentally was the year of the 1985 Election day floods, the community identified the need to begin...
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    California Disasters, 1812-1899: Firsthand Accounts of Fires, Shipwrecks, Floods, Epidemics, Earthquakes and Other California Tragedies. Quill Driver Books...
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    suffered a severe economic and emotional loss from these changes. The 1985 Election day floods were notable in Grafton. Most of the 47 people killed in this incident...
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    abandonment process the year after 75 feet of track was damaged in the 1985 Election Day floods.[citation needed] The right-of-way from Bethesda to Georgetown...
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