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The Pueblo Flood of 1921

View of lumber and debris near the intersection of B Street and Victoria Avenue in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows water in the entrance to the stone Union Depot building and submerged telephone poles and trees.

Debris from the Arkansas River flood at 2nd (Second) Street and Grand Avenue in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows mud, timber, portions of ceiling molding, and a door near the wrecked, frame "Mammoth Corral" building. The three story brick "Colorado Bedding Co." building shows paint chipped off at the high water mark above first story windows.

Interior view of White and Davis clothing store at 301 N. Main Street after the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows wrecked furniture, crates, mud and debris in the aisle. Signs for "Boys Dept." and "Collars" are posted on pipe columns with Corinthian capitals. The store has a pressed metal ceiling and overhead lamps with glass globes.

Wow Photo Wednesday ~ A Flood of Biblical Proportions

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