Flooding on Highway 47

Title

Flooding on Highway 47

Description

Black and white image of a flooded field and farm at the intersection of Highway 47 and the Hagg Lake road. Though museum records give no specific date for this image, it is likely that these images are from 1964, either in January when rain and melting snow caused a small dam to break and caused localized flooding in Washington County, and or, more probably, from the 100-year-event 'Christmas Flood' event that impacted the entire Pacific Northwest region between December 18, 1964 and January 7, 1965 and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage and 17 deaths in Oregon.

Creator

McMullen, H. E., photographer, Hillsboro, Oregon

Date Created

circa 1964

Subject

Dwellings--Flood damage
Scientific History
Economic History
Western United States History

Place

Henry Hagg Lake, Oregon

Medium

photographic prints

Identifier

WCMpic_012876

Rights

Online access to this image is for research and educational purposes only. To inquire about permissions, order a reproduction, or for more information, please contact the Five Oaks Museum at Research@FiveOaksMuseum.org.
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Source

Robert L. Benson Research Library, Five Oaks Museum

Type

Still Image

Collection