1907 and 1913 Flood in Covington, Kentucky

Covington floods
. . . and a few earlier.

Flood of 1847


Covington from the Suspension Bridge in the 1884 Flood	Covington looking at the Suspension Bridge 1884 Flood	Second and Greenup, 1884

In 1884, there were 350 houses underwater in Covington and 6,000 people homeless.

More on the 1884 flood in Covington, here and here.


1884 Flood


Here's the Cincinnati end of the Suspension Bridge in the 1884 Flood		Collage of Cincinnati and NKY Scenes in 1884 Flood


All three of these are from Covington, toward Newport, in 1884. Treat them as one long, panoramic view. You can pick out Newport Barracks, and a glimpse of the older Licking River Bridge (extreme right). Our guess is they're taken from atop Booth Hospital.

A very few words on the flood in 1901.


January, 1907	Views of 3rd Street, Covington, 1907


Towards Newport	West from the C&O	Gas Works


East Front Street	West Third	Lewisburg

The above six images are all from the 1907 flood.

Front Street, Covington, 1907
Thanks! to Nate Thamann for this one

Greenup Ave. looking west from the bridge, 1907
from a Facebook post by Dale Ashcraft


Droege's Rolling Mill in the 1907 Flood	13th Street in the Flood, 1907


Good stuff. These three are identical locations, but obviously taken in different years. Since the card on the right is pre-printed as 1913, we're betting the one in the center is 1907. We know the one on the far left is 1883. left photo from a Facebook post by Kevin Hericks


East from the C&O Bridge,	Front Street,
These two are 1907? 1913? 1937?

On Main Street, 1913
From a Facebook post by Marcia Schrader


The Licking River Bridge at 11th Street, 1913	Pattison Brothers Kentucky Bourbon Distillery Co, March 23, 1913 Ohio River at 69 feet, 6 inches	1913 Flood, Covington	Looking North, 1913


Lewisburg in the 1913 Flood Writing on the Card says “Lewisburg from Lexington Pike”	Austinburg in the 1913 Flood looking East from Edward Street	High Water in 1913	April 4, 1913

"What on earth does all these calamities mean anyway. Floods, winds and hailstorms, Earthquakes, Titanic Disaster, wars in both countries, tidal waves, perilous and hard times everywhere? Well, please read the 24^th chapter of Matthew and Mark, 13^th Ch. And Luke 21t Ch. And James, 5^th Ch. And the third Ch of 2 Tim. And many other passages and you will see that it is all to remind us that the coming of the Lord is very near at hand, this generation if you please, sure!"Message from the back of a flood postcard, dated 1913, to Mrs. Stella Kraus, 1026 Everett Avenue, Louisville, Ky.


Fourth Street Bridge Between Covington and Newport, 1913 (Although, we've also seen card on right dated as from the 1907 flood)


Fourth Street Bridge Between Covington and Newport, 1913	View from the 11th Street Bridge, Covington, 1913 Flood	Covington, 1913 Flood

1933 Flood
From a Facebook post by Pam North

1933 Flood

The 1933 Flood was the 10th worst in Cincinnati History, cresting at 63.6 feet.