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<br />"Flood. "ere a COffilllonoecuncnce before the cunent flume <br />wa"constructed. Theyco.tthec1tythou.and.ofdoll....., <br />bee idee the lives of several person. on different occa_ <br />at"n.. After ""e "f the.e dhaster. itw"uld be day. <br />before tcarns and wagoa. could get through the .treecs. <br />Huge rocks and debris of all kinds filled the road; <br />sidcwalk.hadtobereplaceda"dwindowlighteputin." <br /> <br /> <br />On Fehruary 27, 1942 an article in the Central City Weekly Register <br /> <br />Call summed up the trouble that these annual deluges cau.e to the commu~ <br /> <br />nity. <br /> <br />During a peri"d of less than three wcek. in July 1975, three rainstorms <br /> <br />in .. row caused con.iderable damage in Black Hawk. <br /> <br />"Afternoon cloudburst. have crcated fl(')Odlng situation" <br />in the past but three Sutte."ive flood. have created <br />.evcre ero.ion problems to occur in . .hort period of <br />time." <br /> <br />Fig. I: Thc square in Black Hawk with flag pole in center foreground. Pic~ <br />ture taken looking under the rallroadbridge wwsrdCentratClty <br />nfter flood Augu.t 2, 1914. <br /> <br />"Debris from the open flumc in Central City reathed the <br />covered flume in Black Hawk and quickly becnme a tangled <br />mes.. Gregory Street buckled .~Ild broke as the flood <br />water. pushed the cement covcr from its foundation a~ <br />the flume filled with timbers ... Terry At~n of the <br />BlACk Ha"k _ Gentral Cay S"nitatlon District reported <br />th~t a section of sewer main and e manhole had been <br />expo"ed In Bl.ck H..wk. At~n said till' phnt ... re. <br />~el,,~d Utt it, d"'""lIe ...." <br /> <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Fig. l, R,,"htng t"rr~_nt do''''' Crel\ory Street. flood of 1975. <br />" <br />