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Identifier	Thesis 1701
Author	Martinelli, Joshua
Title	The flood of 1955 in the Farmington Valley
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2003
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	The flood of 1955 will live in the people's minds in the state of Connecticut for years. The flood was a tragedy and was one of the worst disasters in Connecticut history. The flood showed the courage and the sacrifice of many people who gave their lives so that others could live. This thesis will cover the disaster, the rebuilding, and the help that came locally and from the federal government. The thesis will compare and contrast some other floods at the end of the paper. This paper will also show a time when people still cared and helped one another. This flood brought death, destruction, and poverty to many people. We shall look at the effects the flood had on businesses, on homes and on the general welfare of people. The people who were affected have some stories to tell of their experiences of the disaster. The stories, mostly found in newspapers and from memory, will hopefully shed some light on this disaster. The two towns that we will focus on in this thesis will be the towns of Unionville and Winsted. The flood and its wrath wreaked havoc on the Farmington Valley area of the state of Connecticut. The state experienced much disaster and regret for not being prepared. Was the state ready to face Diane, the hurricane that brought torrential rain and then flooding? Were people warned sufficiently enough to be prepared to leave at a minutes notice? These are some of the questions hopefully to be answered in this paper.
Subject	Floods -- Farmington River (Mass. and Conn.)
Department	Department of History
Advisor	Mezvinsky, Norton
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	713735131
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