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<br />" ' <br /> <br />which wallowed in the muddy waters pushing fill into the rapidly <br />disappearing banks. The bridge was saved, though a portion of a <br />city tile sewer line adjacent to the bank was carried away in the <br />flood." <br /> <br />"Another familiar source of flooding in Golden was Kinney Run, a <br />gulch which drains part of Lookout Mountain and comes through Golden <br />into Clear Creek. The relentless rain was too much for the most <br />often dry gulch, and its waters spilled over onto Golden Road at a <br />point next to the Lookout Mountain School for Boys. The water <br />there joined with another torrent from south Table Mountain and <br />closed down Ford and Jackson Streets for part of the day. <br /> <br />Many homes in the area, particularly around Ford and Jackson at <br />~ 21st, were badly hit by the rising waters, their basements filling <br />up 1 i ke bathtubs. II <br /> <br />The preceding are examples of some of the most damaging floods experienced in <br />Golden. It should be noted that many other floods have also inflicted damage. <br />Although only one newspaper article was found regarding flooding on Kenneys <br />Run, local sources noted that the storm sewers commonly became plugged, <br />forcing floodwaters down Jackson and Ford Streets. <br /> <br />