[The Flood Wall is Coming]
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- Source:
- The Valentine
- Collection:
- Richmond Times-Dispatch Photograph Collection
- Date:
- 6/16/1986
- Region:
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Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from source) - Description:
- Black and white photograph of Lt. Colonel Harvey F. Shumpert explaining where the future James River flood wall will go; Shumpert, in army dress uniform, stands at a microphone on Brown's Island; he holds a pointer and gestures at a large diagram from the US Army Corps of Engineers entitled, "Local Flood Protection / Richmond, Virginia;" a "Floodwall Agreement" ceremony marking the initial stages of the flood wall was held on Brown's Island. Inscription: Stamped __Red date stamp - Jun 17 1986 and black date stamp - Jun 16 1986; black "Property of Richmond Times-Dispatch / News Leader" stamp; in pencil, "Lynne Butterworth" __Verso
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