Keywords: 1987 flood
Item 20493
Mill Street damage during the 1987 flood
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1987-04-02 Location: Topsham Media: Photographic print
Item 20489
Androscoggin River flood, September 1987
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1987 Location: Topsham Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Melting snow, ice, warmer temperatures, and rain sometimes bring floods to Maine's many rivers and streams. Floods are most frequent in the spring, but can occur at any season.
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods
"The Huang He (or Yellow River) flooded between July and November of 1887, and caused roughly 900,000 deaths in China."
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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations
"… VIDEO: WGME, News Channel 13 1987, Flood of 1987 NEWSPAPERS: Bangor Daily News, Friday, April 1st, 1988, Jeff Strout, Joan Smith, T.J."
