A Sight to See (September 27, 1936)

ID: 1796 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
This file appears in: 1936 Flood

Bystanders gather near the Interurban and Waco Suspension bridges to get a closer look at turbulent flood waters. 

This file appears in: 1936 Flood

By Amanda Sawyer
Prior to local and federal efforts in the mid-twentieth century to control rivers through the construction of dams, the Brazos River routinely overflowed its banks. In 1913, the most violent flood to…