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1. 2008.1.4 - The Day All Hell Broke Loose, Washington, Conn. Black Friday: August 19, 1955, 40 Years Later Memories Flood Back

   8/18/1995

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. 2008.1.5 - Print, Photographic

   Photograph of the damage to State Route 25 (now Route 202) in Woodville, four miles north of Washington Depot, after the Flood of 1955. The road was built on a 60 foot earth embankment covering two culverts that were too small to allow the flood waters of the Shepaug River to pass. The embankment became a dam which held back a great body fo water until it burst sending an enormous wave of water, trees, rocks, and debris rushing down the valley, w...

   Record Type: Photo