Montpelier, VERMONT - State Street Flood Wreckage - November 5, 1927

Description

View Montpelier, VERMONT - State Street Flood Wreckage - November 5, 1927 with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. A severe rainfall had swept across all of New England on that November weekend. The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, NY. Published by ET Houston Studio. Montpelier, VERMONT - State Street Flood Wreckage - November 5, 1927: Vermont has had a long history of flooding. Of its approximately twenty major floods in the last two hundred years, the flood of November 3-4, 1927, was one of the most devastating (rivaled, and perhaps exceeded, by the floods in May 2011 in Central Vermont and the widespread damage from flooding related to Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011). A severe rainfall had swept across all of New England on that November weekend. But when the deluge hit Vermont, the state’s soil had already become saturated and the streams were running full because of an unusually heavy precipitation in late summer and fall. The loss to 23 manufacturing plans was $2,812,500. In Montpelier, where only two stores carried flood insurance, the staggering loss totaled an average of $400 for every man, woman, and child in town. The State of Vermont estimated that a total of 1,258 bridges were destroyed or severely damaged, and that the total damage to the state’s highways and bridges amounted to $7,755,000. Total damage in the state resulting from the flood was estimated a $35,000,000 (approximately $439,000,000 in 2010 dollars. This White Border Era (1915-30) postcard is in good condition. The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, NY. Published by ET Houston Studio. Montpelier. VT. Condition: Used. Category: Collectibles › Postcards & Supplies › Postcards › Topographical Postcards.

Country of Origin

United States

Size

Standard (5.5 x 3.5 in)

Continent

North America

Material

Paper

Theme

Flood, Architecture, Cities & Towns, Disasters, Landscapes

Region

Vermont

Country

USA

Type

Printed (Lithograph)

Features

Street View, Panoramic

Year Manufactured

1927

Subject

State Street Flood Wreckage - November 5, 1927

Postage Condition

Unposted

City/Region

Monpelier

Original/Licensed Reprint

Original

City

Montpelier

Time Period Manufactured

1920-1929

State Street

Montpelier, VT

Disaster

Flood Wreckage

Unit of Sale

Single Unit

Publisher

Albertype Co.

Era

White Border (c. 1915-1930)

Brand/Publisher

The Albertype Co