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Source Collection
Norris C. Blackburn papers, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0455.001_003.003
Description
Sandbag levee surrounding the south end of the Union Compress & Warehouse Company plant in Memphis, Tennessee, during the 1937 Mississippi River flood. Handwritten note on the back of the photograph explains that the levee had started pushing over a telephone pole and a leak had formed. An employee named Howard Willey dove into the water to search for the leak.
Date Created
2022
Date
1937
Recommended Citation
"Levee at Union Compress & Warehouse Company, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937" (2022). Images. 4.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-blackburnnc1/4
Keywords
1937 Mississippi River flood, Union Compress & Warehouse Company
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