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Title
West
of
Narrows
,
Big
Thompson
Canyon
Image ID Number
S00107
Date
1976 c.
Decade
1970s
Description
Big
Thompson
Flood
;
area
just
west
of the
Narrows
. The
Big
Thompson
Canyon
flood
on
July
31
,
1976
occurred
when
a
thunderstorm
stalled
over
the
canyon
dropping
twelve
inches
of
rain
during
a
four
hour
period
. The
river
rose
nineteen
feet
forcing
a
torrent
of
water
down
the
canyon
and onto the
eastern
plain
.
145
people
were
killed
,
418
homes
and
52
businesses
were
destroyed
and an
additional
138
homes
were
damaged
.
Content Type
aerial photos
Subject
Narrows Dam (Colorado)
Big Thompson River Flood, Larimer County, Colo., July 31, 1976
Big Thompson River (Colo.)--Aerial photographs
Image Source
Slides Collection
File Location
Slide
Book
I
page
7
Show
#17
;
Neg
.
V-55-39
Language
English
Image Origin
Slide
;
Neg
Digitization Format
HP ScanJet 6100C Scanner; Adobe 6.0; TIFF 800 dpi; JPEG 72 dpi; GIF 72 dpi
Collection Name
HistoricPhotographs
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