Ohio River at Cincinnati and Covington - 1883 Flood

Hemingray Glass Company Had to Shut Down

[Newspaper]

Publication: The Daily Commonwealth

Covington, KY, United States
vol. V, no. 157, p. 2, col. 3

THE GREAT FLOOD.

HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES DRIVEN

FROM THEIR HOMES.

MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS

CLOSED.

IMMENSE DAMAGE.

At this point the Ohio swelled three feet in twenty-four hours ending at 2 o'clock this morning when it had been rising at the rate of one inch per hour for six hours. At that time the gage indicated 57-feet 7 inches - the exact stage of water as on February 21 of last year.

IN COVINGTON.

Travel between Covington and the West End, West Covington, and Ludlow is cut off except by way of Lewisburg and the pike. Third street at the Willow Run Creek is covered with about five or six feet of water.

Hemingray's Glass-works had to shut down.

Keywords:	Hemingray : Flood
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Supplemental information:
Researcher:	Glenn Drummond
Date completed:	February 22, 2004 by: Glenn Drummond;