... little bits of history repeating (more flooding news)

 While we're cleaning up, some more historic flood articles about our area...

July 29, 1897 (reminder, click to enlarge the articles or images)

1878 map for reference...

Also this article published a few years later in October 1904 describes various blockades in the Green Brook and attempts to engineer some solutions 

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And again in December 1904...

... which has a mention of L.V. Randolph again from the recent post which featured his op-ed, from 10 years later in 1916... it was still an issue... 

And again this 1907 article, which amusingly references a 1905 flood...

In 1946 the flooding situation was explained to Meadowbrook

Then in February 1947 it was announced construction of catch basins would take place in Meadowbrook

And in April 1951 there were plans for storm sewers

and thats around the time Meadowbrook Incorporated stopped operating and so that's that. oh, I do find it amusing the builder in 1954 who said storm sewers are so expensive...