Floods

Aerial view of residential and commercial districts in Manhattan, Kansas, alongside the Kansas River inundated by rising waters during the flood of 1951. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.

Aerial view of a highway in Manhattan, Kansas, crossing the high waters of the Kansas River cresting over flood stage during the flood of 1951. On the left a railroad bridge is partially under water. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.

Aerial view of an industrial district alongside the Kansas River on the west side of Manhattan, Kansas, under high water during the flood of 1951. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.

Aerial view of the business and industrial section of Manhattan, Kansas, under high waters from the Kansas River during the flood of 1951. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.

Aerial view of railroad tracks and storage buildings just west of Lawrence, Kansas, under water spilled over from the Kansas River during the flood of 1951. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.

Aerial view of farming, residential, and industrial areas flooded by high water from the Kansas River in Lawrence, Kansas. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.

The tops of trains emerge from flood waters from the Kansas River covering Union Pacific shops and freight yards in the Armourdale District, Kansas City, Kansas. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.

Sandbags are piled up on the road leading to the Kansas City, Kansas waterworks (seen in the background) to turn back the rising waters of the Kansas River during the flood of 1951. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.

View of the Union-Pacific freight yards in the Armourdale District, Kansas City, Kansas, showing railway cars partially submerged by rising waters from the Kansas River. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.

High water partially covers the Osage Paint & Varnish Company, and its storage area at 10th and Kansas Avenue in the Armourdale District, Kansas City, Kansas, during the flood of 1951 when the Kansas River spilled over its banks. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.