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- The creeks were swollen many times their normal size and Smith River overflowed its banks and flooded homes and houses along its banks in Bassett and Koehler.
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Bassett is located along the Smith River (Virginia), which flooded in 1937. "Flood of Oct. 19, 1937, reached a stage of about 22.9 ft, from information by local residents, discharge, 38,000 ft³/s, from rating curve extended above 23,000 ft³/s on basis of backwater studies and records for station at Martinsville."
In October of 1937 when the flood covered Bassett, downtown stores were flooded, factories closed and telephone communications were cut off. More than 250 homes were partially under water, and damage to the Bassett Furniture plants was in excess of a quarter of a million dollars.
Jul 7, 2012 · A rare light moment during the storied 1937 flood that put a hurt on Bassett, Va. The creation of the Philpott Dam in the ’50s, a $13 million project that finally kept the Smith River silt out of factory workers’ homes.
Oct 11, 2024 · BASSETT – One of the greatest floods on record in the Smith River Valley occurred in October 1937, causing extensive damage to a number of establishments in the area.
From 1937 Flood Series. Bassett Mirror was at this time located on Main, it's the first brick building after the white house on left, then Bassett Furniture. The road is flooded, so this shows people...
Here is an interesting story from October, 1937 about the Smith River flooding. Bassett - Looking back. Moving forward. | Here is an interesting story from October, 1937 about the Smith River flooding.
By the 1940s, communities spread along the Smith River were used to the waterway surging beyond its banks. The government, too, had taken note of water damage regularly experienced in the region. The monumental flood of July 1889, was the high water mark of the Smith River during the 19th century.
