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New England Weather

1936 Flood in Northampton, MA: Video

16mm Film of the 1936 Flood in Northampton, on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8tz9fYYU2E

Pumpkin flood train derailment

Connecticut River Railroad cars carrying pumpkins derail during autumn flood in 1869 on the banks of the Ct. River.

Northampton Flood

From Special Collections: All this rain has us digging through the old flood photos. This view looking up Pleasant St. is from the 1938 flood.

 

Old Mill River path between what is now Veterans Field and Old South St.

From Forbes Special Collections : This photograph shows the old Mill River path between what is now Veterans Field and Old South St. The South St. Bridge crosses over the river on the right, while the railroad tracks (now bike path) and school (now condos) are on the left. Photo credited to J.W. Heffernan, Stationer. No date given.

Mill River Flood, 1874

Debris at Stone Bridge, Leeds, after the Mill River flood, May 16, 1874.

Blizzard of '78 Snow Sculpture

The Daily Hampshire Gazette documented this snow sculpture made after the Blizzard of 1978. From the Hampshire Room for Special Collections.

Snow tunnel

Main Street Northampton in 1888 -- from Special Collections at Forbes Library.

 

Children playing in snow Ashfield, Massachusetts

Photo by Robert Emrick, Ashfield, undated.