Debris from the flood on Main & State Street

ID: 930 ~ Source: Courtesy of the North Adams Historical Society.
This file appears in: The Flood of 1927
Debris from the flood on Main & State Street
Courtesy of the North Adams Historical Society.
This file appears in: The Flood of 1927

By Historic North Adams Team
After weeks of rainy October weather, on November 3rd, 1927, the Hoosic River began to swell beyond its banks. Ashland and State Street were the first to flood, and soon the northern branch of the river joined the waters of the southern. As Brown…