Flood of 2019
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| John Foster shared Flooding in Alton, Illinois as of 5/28. |
It appears that the casino buildings may be designed to float given that the covered access ramps look like they are hinged. The casino can always power wash the parking lot after the waters go down.
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Lisa Ruble posted three photos with the comment:
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| John Foster posted Alton, IL flooding as of yesterday [6/7/2019]. Steve Abramson This has been going on for a few weeks. What a terrible flood. Andrew Tuttle shared David Budka The Mississippi River is making things tough for Ardent Mills! Both the Alton and Chester, Illinois mills are flooded! Danny Farnsworth Is the red line on elevator the last flood level? Charles Windham The Army Corps of Engineers says it expects water releases from reservoirs on the Missouri River to be above average through the summer and possibly until November. Currently, the release of water is more than twice the average for this time of year. That will worsen flooding downstream, where many levees have been damaged due to recent high water. Eric Miller This was taken last year when I drove thru Alton, on the way to Chicago. I was on Hwy 100 following the river up to another highway and stopped to look back and take this photo. All of this would be way underwater now, too. https://www.flickr.com/.../in/album-72157688860450040/ |
Flood of 1993
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| Lisa Ruble posted ALTON, JULY 24, 1993 Looking west along the sandbag dike used to prevent inundation of the valley in the west part of downtown Alton. Waterfront backed-up sewers and underground steam pipes along Piasa Street was pumped to the river. |
Lisa Ruble posted three photos with the comment:
First Photo: Alton - Flood of '93. The Alton Belle Casino can be seen on the left. The casino is now the Argosy Casino Alton. Photo Credit: Jim Rackwitz, St Louis Post Dispatch.Second Photo: Alton, 1993Third Photo: ALTON, JULY 24, 1993Looking west along the sandbag dike used to prevent inundation of the valley in the west part of downtown Alton. Waterfront backed-up sewers and underground steam pipes along Piasa Street was pumped to the river.
Frank Bowen: I worked For Morrissey Construction and help build the bridge to the Alton Belle.
It started flat bed trailer parked end to end.
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Flood of 1943
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| Lisa Ruble posted Alton - May 1943 Water Reaches Flour Mill Elevators |
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