Dike Break--A floodworker watches water from the flooding Mississippi river pour through a break in a dike which was protecting Rock Island. The water pours from left to right through the break at corner of building at left, flooding both a residential and industrial area.

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Dike Break--A floodworker watches water from the flooding Mississippi river pour through a break in a dike which was protecting Rock Island. The water pours from left to right through the break at corner of building at left, flooding both a residential and industrial area.

Associated Press · [ca. April 1965]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Floods: 1965: Wire Photos

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