Great Dayton Flood

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  1. 1 2 "The History of the MCD: The Conservancy Act". Miami Conservancy District. Archived from the original on March 14, 2007. Retrieved January 13, 2007.
  2. J. Warren Smith (1913). The Floods of 1913 in the rivers of the Ohio and the lower Mississippi Valleys. Washington: Government Printing Office. pp.  117.
  3. 1 2 3 "The History of the MCD: The Great Flood of 1913". Miami Conservancy District. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007. Retrieved January 13, 2007.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 J. David Rogers. "The 1913 Dayton Flood and the Birth of Modern Flood Control Engineering in the United States" (PDF). Natural Hazards Mitigation Institute:University of Missouri-Rolla. Retrieved January 13, 2007.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Diana G. Cornelisse (September 10, 1991). "The Foulois House: Its Place in the History of the Miami Valley and American Aviation". Wright-Patterson Air Force Base:ASC History Office. Archived from the original on November 26, 2005. Retrieved January 13, 2007.
  6. 1 2 3 "And the Rains Came: Dayton and the 1913 Flood". Dayton History at the Archive Center. Archived from the original on December 9, 2006. Retrieved January 13, 2007.
  7. Geoff Williams (2013). Washed Away: How the Great Flood of 1913, America's Most Widespread Natural Disaster, Terrorized a Nation and Changed It Forever. New York: Pegasus Books. p. viii. ISBN   978-1-60598-404-9.
  8. 1 2 3 Christopher Klein (March 25, 2013). "The Superstorm That Flooded America 100 Years Ago". History. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  9. Trudy E. Bell (November 16, 2012). "'Our National Calamity': The Great Easter 1913 Flood: 'An Epidemic of Disasters'". blog. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  10. "The Great Ohio Valley Flood of 1913– 100 Years Later" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 13, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  11. Andrew Gustin. "Flooding in Indiana: Not "If", but "When"". Indiana Geological Survey. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  12. The Great Miami River overflowed the levee along Monument Avenue, near the Main Street Bridge, collapsing the levee and sending water through the city's downtown business district, with currents up to 25 miles per hour (40 km/h). Another levee burst on the north side of the river, flooding North Dayton and Riverdale. See Trudy E. Bell (December 9, 2012). "'Our National Calamity': The Great Easter 1913 Flood: The Villain Who Stole the Flood". blog. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  13. Ruptured gas lines and chemical spills in industrial buildings ignited fires covering several city blocks. See Christopher Klein (March 25, 2013). "The Superstorm That Flooded America 100 Years Ago". History. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  14. Hauck, John W. (1986). Narrow Gauge in Ohio: The Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern Railway. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing Company. pp. 198, 208–221. ISBN   0-87108-629-8.
  15. 1 2 3 Trudy E. Bell (December 9, 2012). "'Our National Calamity': The Great Easter 1913 Flood: The Villain Who Stole the Flood". blog. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  16. Williams, p. 204.
  17. Williams, p. 208.
  18. Trudy E.Bell (February 18, 2013). "'Our National Calamity': The Great Easter 1913 Flood: 'Death Rode Ruthless…'". blog. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  19. An estimate of 467 deaths has been quoted for Ohio, with the official death toll range between 422 and 470. See Williams, p. viii, and Trudy E. Bell (February 18, 2013). "'Our National Calamity': The Great Easter 1913 Flood: 'Death Rode Ruthless…'". blog. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  20. Dayton's official death toll is not certain. Ohio's Bureau of Statistics listed 82 people, while one flood historian puts the number at 98 and others have reported the city's death toll at 300 or more, but this figure may have included other neighborhoods and cities. See Williams, p. 303.
  21. "The Flood Menace: The Debate Over Flood Protection in Ohio's Miami Valley Illustrated Through Political Cartoons". Wright State University Libraries: Special Collections and Archives. Archived from the original on August 28, 2006. Retrieved January 13, 2007.
  22. 1 2 "Flood of 1913". Ohio History Central. Archived from the original on May 5, 2007. Retrieved January 13, 2007.
  23. Obituary in the Cincinnati Enquirer, April 18, 1913.
  24. Personnel Record of Joseph F. Rigge, S.J., Midwest Jesuit Archives, St. Louis, Missouri.
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Great Flood of 1913, 100 Years Later: 1913 vs. Today". Silver Jackets. 2013. Archived from the original on August 23, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  26. Trudy E. Bell (January 20, 2013). "'Our National Calamity': The Great Easter 1913 Flood: Morgan's Cowboys". blog. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  27. "Dayton Walk of Fame: Arthur E. Morgan". Dayton Daily News. 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  28. "The Flood Menace: Opposition to Vonderheide Conservancy Act". Wright State University Libraries: Special Collections and Archives. Archived from the original on August 28, 2006. Retrieved January 13, 2007.
  29. "The History of the MCD: Construction". Miami Conservancy District. Retrieved January 13, 2007.
  30. "Flood Protection: Assessments". Miami Conservancy District. Retrieved January 13, 2007.
  31. "The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers at the Library of Congress: Photography and the Wright Brothers". Library of Congress. Retrieved January 13, 2007.

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Main Street in Dayton, Ohio, during the flood