Double Hurricane~55 Flood in Ansonia,Connecticut by Joey

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Double Hurricane~55 Flood in Ansonia,Connecticut by Joey

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55 flood in Ansonia,Conn ecticut Hurricane Diane followed by hurricane Connie ! double wammy ~ & caused 1955 Flood in Joey's Home Town ~ Ansonia In 1955 ~ a hurricane ripped through the north east,causing major towns & cities to be flooded from the Naugatuck River, with water rising to 10 feet or more on main St. in Ansonia,Connecticut,I (Joey) was only 1 month old when the flood from hurricane Diane came ,destroying many buisnesses and homes,many lifes~bridges colapsed,President Isienhower came to Ansonia- New Haven County to examine the damage,made world wide media,I almost had to be rescued in one of those new (then) helicopters,from Sikorsky's,which had a plant a few miles away in Shelton,Ct,my dad just made it across the Maple St. bridge,when it just fell to pieces,colapsed,water was fifty feet high to start running on road of bridge,about a foot on the bridge,just made it,well,I was a baby,was told by my dad,most of damage from up river almost in mass. ~ washed all depree - houses,bodies from cemetaries,down to Ansonia-Derby,Conn . where all the water spilled over it's banks,to make Ansonia the worst hit by the flood,I still have the LIFE magazine of 55 flood in Ansonia,Ct. (it read) front page ! also have many old pics of moms old house floating down river towards Housatonic River to Long Island Sound,that is where most of what could float ended up including all the bodies & coufins..109 people died in this flood...in the seventies-Army Corp. of Eng. built 25-30 ft. walls,on both sides to protect Ansonia & Derby Ct. from future floods-know it cost U.S. tax-payers astronomical bucks..but water never exceeded like 1955 called The Great Flood of 55 ! t;The Ansonia Water Company building" now is that funny or what ! I think so !! Ha ha ..from Joey - The 55 Flood.. 1955 FLOOD ANSONIA,CONNECTICUT JOEY ONE MONTH OLD Current mood: amused Category: News and Politics History ANSONIA,CONNECTICUT-1955 GREAT FLOOD The city, first settled in 1652 and named in honor of the merchant and philanthropist Anson Greene Phelps (1781-1853), was originally a part of the township of Derby. The state chartered Ansonia as a borough of Derby in 1864, and later as a separate town in 1889. In 1893, Ansonia incorporated as a city, consolidating with the coterminous town. Ansonia suffered grievous damage in the Great Flood of August 19, 1955, when massive rain from Hurricane Diane filled the Naugatuck River beyond its capacity. Submerging the land along the river, the flood destroyed many houses and businesses. The high river waters swept away Maple Street Bridge, which linked the east and west sides of the city. After the inundation, the authorities erected a flood wall along the east bank of the river to protect the city's factories and Main Street. On the west bank, federal public housing took the place of blocks of destroyed homes and businesses on Broad Street now known as Olson Drive,it's ironic,only building standing on Main st. was the Ansonia Water Co. Builing ! ahha

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