With a timely, special program about flooding in Wellsville the Carnegie Public Library will present 'The History of Wellsville Floods'. Recently Village officials announced that the Army Corp of Engineers will drop Wellsville from it's flood control program if costly repairs are not made to the dikes & pumps to our flood system.
It was the devastating flood of 1936 that prompted Congress to take action and have a flood control system built in Wellsville with flood walls, gates, dikes and pumps. Losses of property was in the millions of dollars in Wellsville in 1936.
The program will be presented by Wellsville resident Bob Lloyd, a retired Volunteer Fireman. Lloyd has devoted a lot of time to collecting copies of photos & facts on the history of Wellsville flooding. He is probably the most knowledgeable historian on the subject. Although retired from fire fighting he is still active in the WVFD as their historian. Lloyd is also an active member of the Wellsville Historical Society.
His Power Point program will blow you away with the historical photos for two reasons. Not only do they show you the flooding, his collection of photos show you a historical Wellsville such as the one above taken in 1884 as the flood waters were receding. That particular picture was taken on 17th Street, just down from Main looking northwest. The only building we recognize in that photo is the residence of Annie & Tim Long on Commerce. Tim tells us that house was just built in 1884.
Bob will present his fascinating program on Thursday, November 4 at the Library. The program is set to begin at 6:30 P.M. Registration is required due to limited space. Stop by the Library on Main or give them a call at 330-532-1526.
The program is open and free to the public. Get signed up and then get ready to see a Wellsville many of us only heard about.
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