03/24/2022
Timeline photos
This week is the 86th anniversary of the Flood of 1936, a two week series of rain storms beginning March 11th which flooded the Merrimack River and surrounding bodies of water in Essex County and throughout New England. The snow and ice melting added to the flood waters. This photo was probably taken around March 20th or 21st; the peak Merrimack River flooding was 35 feet above normal. This glass negative, displayed as a positive, shows the south side of Merrimack Street, downtown Haverhill, Mass. Two canoes and a rowboat, with two men in one canoe, three men and a boy in a bigger canoe, and two men in the rowboat. Storefronts, left to right: [Phillips] Shoe Store, Handy Dandy Store, Morgan & Lafaver. Larchmont Club on second floor. Flood water about halfway up first story of buildings. Catalog number 31479006521453. View this photo on the Senter Digital Archive at https://bit.ly/3LqnJ7R or use Keyword Search with catalog number, or use Keyword Search "Flood of 1936" with quotation marks to see more.