Floods

Arkansas flood waters that washed away a levee half-a-mile inland from point where torrential current cut new river channel and severed deeply buried "Big Inch" pipeline near Little Rock, Arkansas.

Flooded Arkansas River that stalled "Big Inch" pipeline deliveries of oil for the East. The Arkansas River flooded thousands of acres before severing the War Emergency Pipeline near Little Rock, Arkansas. The break was detoured by quick construction of an 8-mile emergency loop and eastward oil movements were restored.

Broken levee at Arkansas River. Veteran pipeliners jumped the flood with an emergency pipeline span across a railroad bridge at Little Rock to restore the major movement of oil for the East through the Petroleum Administration's principal pipeline project for maintenance of East Coast supplies of oil for war.

President Harry S. Truman inspects the flood damage from the Columbia River in Vanport, Oregon. From: The Album The President's Trip to the West Coast of the United States, Captain Robert Dennison, United States Navy, donor.

Flood damage from the Columbia River in Vanport, Oregon. From: The Album The President's Trip to the West Coast of the United States, Captain Robert Dennison, United States Navy, donor.

Flood damage from the Columbia River in Vanport, Oregon. From: The Album The President's Trip to the West Coast of the United States, Captain Robert Dennison, United States Navy, donor.

Aerial view of the business district of Ottawa, Kansas, under high water during the flood of 1951 From: Folder labeled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.

Aerial view of barracks at Fort Riley, Kansas, under water from the Kansas River during the flood of 1951. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.

Aerial view of a residential district in Salina, Kansas, inundated by high waters from the Smoky Hill River during the flood of 1951. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.

Homeowners stand on the porch of a typical house in Salina, Kansas, and survey the surrounding high waters during the flood of 1951. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.