Flooding, Mississaugi Crescent Iron Bridge, 1979
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- This color photo shows several homes on Mississaugi Crescent in Iron Bridge during the flood.
The home in the background belonged to Dale and Sandra Wedgewood, and was completely surrounded by water with the water creating so much pressure that the rear wall collapsed and the basement became flooded. The house was evacuated until the flooding subsided.
The house in the foreground belonged to Mr. Cummings, it too was completely surrounded by the river.
- Notes
- Some of the homes shown in the photo belonged to Mr. B. Cummings and Mr. Wedgewood.
This photo can be found in the Tweedsmuir History created by the Iron Bridge Women's Institute.
- Date of Original
- Spring 1979
- Dimensions
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Width: 3.5 in
Height: 3.5 in
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- Tweedsmuir History Iron Bridge Womens Institute
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 46.28336 Longitude: -83.23318
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- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- Copyright Statement
- Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Huron Shores MuseumEmail:thessalonlib@hotmail.com
Agency street/mail address:1 James St. P.O. Box 460
Iron Bridge, ON P0R 1H0
