This view from, looking west from American Legion Post 127, showed the high water mark of the 1933 flood.
- The flood caused an early damage estimate of $3 million to $10 million in York City alone.
- It topped previous high-water marks by 17 inches.
- In York County, 47 bridges were washed away or damaged beyond repair.
That flood spawned Depression-era work on the Codorus Creek in York and construction of the Indian Rock Dam.
The Gazette and Daily compiled the booklet.
It cost 10 cents, and proceeds went to a group known as Citizens of Flood Control.
But an alert David Gembe got it for free, and here some of its contents are offered for the benefit of York Town Square viewers.
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