Levee at Union Compress & Warehouse Company, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937

Creators

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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