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| Brian Berthold posted Cairo IL in the 1920-30s Yellow is Illinois Central light blue is Traction Red Missouri Pacific Dark Blue Mobile & Ohio Light Purple Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago & St Louis [Quite a few of the comments describe the death of the city because of racism.] |
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| Daren Doss commented on Brian's post |
Those would be the IC tracks.
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| Derby Gisclair posted Cairo Waterfront The waterfront at Cairo, Illinois, looks quite busy in this late 19th century photograph. They had the good sense to place the railroad tracks in close proximity to the waterfront. Adam Davis shared Lloyd Scott Hardin shared |
It looks like the floodwalls and Levees did their job. In 1937, the Ohio River Flood devastated many towns along the river such as (Old) Shawneetown, Louisville and Cincinnati.
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| Lisa Ruble posted 1937 aerial picture of Cairo |
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