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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 2011
Page
8
Ottawa residents plan trips featured in a brief page seven notice. The item notes Legion activities accompanying travelers, hinting at a local publication tie in with travel and community events. No further details are provided in the fragment.
Irvin Malott surveys Ma lott's Hardware at 116 S Main Street after Ottawa floods in July 1951. Business owners doubted flood severity until the storm overwhelmed the city, proving local flood control measures were lacking.
Reports recall Ottawa and Franklin County residents enduring the Flood of 1951 with resilience and ingenuity. Joel Nordeen of OK Photo Service ferried gear to safety as water rose, aiding railroad workers who moved a lunch counter to higher ground. The disaster left houses and boxcars afloat but preserved lives.
Ottawa’s flood defense surrounding the city since 1962 has kept the Marais des Cygnes river at bay during major rainfall events. The five gates, 4.5 miles of levees, concrete walls, pumping stations, and channel work cost over 5 million dollars with city funding of about 876 thousand. Gates were last closed in 2007, with prior use in 1968 and likely fewer than ten times total.
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