The Great Flood of 1913 claimed nearly 500 lives in Ohio and caused more than $300 million in property damage – in today’s dollars, infrastructure damage is estimated at a staggering $3 billion. It is the greatest natural disaster on record in Ohio’s history.
The flood also left behind a trail of death, despair and property damage in the Muskingum River Watershed, which is the state’s largest wholly contained watershed covering an area of all or portions of 27 counties and more than 8,000 square miles. In the Muskingum River Watershed drainage area alone, 11 people died and millions of dollars of property damage occurred.
These incredible photos from Massillon Museum show the aftermath of the Great Flood of 1913 in Massillon, Ohio.
B&O railroad engine lifted after tracks undermined, Massillon, Ohio, 1913
Chestnut on N. Mill, Massillon, Ohio, 1913
Dolls, Menfurnishing, 10 W. Main, Massillon, Ohio, 1913
Downtown Massillon near Canal and Erie Streets, Massillon, Ohio, 1913
Erie Street South, streetcar, Massillon, Ohio, 1913
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