Article, “City Saved from ‘River Flood'”

March 15, 1956
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A 1956 newspaper article about a simulated flood of the Genesee River.  This exercise, organized by the Army Corps of Engineers, tested the Monroe County Office of Civil Defense’s preparedness for natural disaster by staging a flood danger area between the University of Rochester and the Court Street Bridge.

Article, “City Saved from ‘River Flood'”

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  • 1950s