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Source Collection
Norris C. Blackburn papers, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0455.001_002.001
Description
Sandbag levee built to hold back the Mississippi River flood water at Memphis between the Union Compress & Warehouse Company (not shown) and the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation in 1937.
Date Created
2022
Date
1937
Recommended Citation
"Mississippi River flood, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937" (2022). Images. 2.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-blackburnnc1/2
Keywords
1937 Mississippi River flood, Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Union Compress & Warehouse Company
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