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Image available on the Aerial view from the west side of downtown Houston and looking east up Texas Avenue shows extensive flooding in the city in December 1935. Smoke from the Yellow Cab company fire rises into the air. Connecting people through photography. Connecting people through photography. In fact, numerous meteorologists proclaim Austin and the outlying Hill Country as "Flash Flood Alley," the worst area in the country for intense flooding. This is well below the record water of height of 43.3 feet recorded in June 1935, but well above the flood stage of 16 feet. View these posts and more when you register your free The Austin 10 wis a smaw car made bi the Austin Motor Company.It wis launched in Apryle 1932 an wis Austin's best selling car in the 1930s an continued in production, wi upgrades, until 1947. On Sunday evening, July 7, 1935, the skies north of the Southern Tier of New York State opened up. In 1937 they prepared a report for state legislators with descriptions of the flood damage and photos from Houston’s three newspapers, the The state of Texas ordered an investigation of the cause of the severity of the damage of the 1935 flood.
It fitted in atween the "baby" Austin 7 which haed been introduced in 1922 an the Austin 12 hp which haed been updated in 1931. 9.21 inches of rain in May and 9.71 inches in June 1935 for Austin. ; Lyndon B. Johnson becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 10th congressional district. OUTSTANDING RPPC OF THE 1935 COLORADO RIVER FLOOD'S AFTERMATH IN AUSTIN, TEXAS This devastating scene shows the aftermath of the June 15th flood. Dec 26, 2013 - This Pin was discovered by donna clayton. The brewery, which had begun as the Houston Ice and Brewing Company in 1893, covered forty acres of downtown Houston and was considered one of the best breweries in the nation. 1935 - May and June Floods.
The Austin Dam, also referred to as "The Great Granite Dam" failure was a catastrophic dam failure near Austin, Texas that killed several dozen people in 1900. Courtesy Bailey (Bob) Studios Photographic Archive, The Capitol building can be seen in the background of the photograph. 1934 O. Henry House museum opens. “‘Wild River’: A Pictorial Petition Presented to the State Affairs Committees of the 45th Legislature in joint session assembled at Austin, Texas, March 4th, 1937,” Report to Texas State Legislators by local Houston leaders (https://www.hcfcd.org/media/1345/wildriver1937_hcfcd_created.pdf), accessed August 14, 2019.If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. St. Edwards University is seen in background at right. One of several historic Austin photos framed in the river walk railing along Cesar Chavez.
The destruction of the dam drained the Lake McDonald reservoir and left the city of Austin without electrical power for a number of months. Austin History Center/Museum. Railroad yards were flooded and railcars submerged. ; Flood. One Million Dollars property damage. Almost every bridge in downtown was out. 1942 Heavy rains and flooding in South Central Texas...including Austin and San Antonio. 1937 UT Tower built. Seven people were killed. While our physical offices are closed until further notice in accordance with Austin's COVID-19 "stay home-work safe" order, the The Magnolia Bridge, constructed in 1912 by the Magnolia Brewery, greatly aggravated downtown flooding. H. G. Welch, “Houston's Lost History: Downtown Flood of 1935” (http://www.redpub.com/images_articles_2015/culture_1935_flood.php), accessed August 14, 2019.
Photographer unknown. In the distance, on South Congress, waits a huge crowd behind barriers.
At Junction, Texas, about 125 miles west of Austin, the Llano River rose to 34.8 feet.
Site of the current Tom Miller Dam dividing Lake Austin and Ladybird Lake (formerly Town Lake).Dams on this site were destroyed by floods several times in the early 1900's before Tom Miller Dam was completed in 1940. 1941 - Austin Daily Tribune Building constructed. The flood waters, which reached eight feet in depth on Milam Street, washed away bits of some buildings and took several other buildings completely off their foundations. Lower Colorado River Authority - History of Austin Dam - By John Williams . To help transport its products, in 1912 the brewery constructed the Magnolia Bridge across Buffalo Bayou at Louisiana Street. The district proceeded to construct reservoirs to hold excess runoff during heavy rainfall.Devastated by the flood, the Magnolia Brewery scraped by until it closed down in 1950. Normally forty feet above the water level, the Capitol Avenue Bridge was inundated. Twenty-five blocks of Houston’s business district were inundated along with 100 residential blocks. The catastrophe ultimately led to the establishment of the Harris County Flood Control District. ; 1935 Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters built. ; KTBC radio begins broadcasting.
; Junior League of Austin organized.
Houstonians fished crates of food and clothing that had washed out of warehouses out of the bayou. With the heavy rainfall in December 1935, runoff water backed up behind the narrow base of the bridge until Buffalo Bayou overflowed into downtown.