1902 Flooding photographs by N.W. Carey, July 20

Photo and comments courtesy of Kevin Dragulski with additional comments by Alexandra Stocker.

Kevin Dragulski
In regards to the July 20th 1902 flood. Here are two of 5 photos I have. The others I'll post later on. Taken by N.W. Carey during the afternoon of July 20th, almost 115 years ago. Grove and Broad.

Alexandra Stocker
The people in this photo are George Addison Sanderson and his mother Edna Jane (Spencer) Sanderson. Thank you for posting this, Kevin!

Flooding on Grove St. Discussion of photo by Rene Elliott

Rene M Elliott
Gas station stands where the Kenyon blacksmith/wagon shop (torn down 1920 by Clyde Sloan when he built his garage on West Main that became the grocery store recently demolished for the dollar store), and the house are, then the bridge, and then the machine shop that dates back to the 1830s and was originally waterpower with a millrace that ran under the street from behind where the village barn is now. Then a steam engine and boiler were added in the far rear corner (which had stone walls) and a brick chimney that once stood something like 60' tall, late replaced by a stationary gas engine. That is where H.H. Linn first ran a repair shop when wintering here and built his prototype tractor, in addition to the first year of Linn production (1917) while the factory was being built.

Rene M Elliott
That house originally stood on the corner where the pizza place is now, in the 1827 description of the village by A.S. Avery.

Between the house and the creek was a low lawn, that was raised up and now the parking area behind the gas station. The front building of the old Kenyon machine shop beyond was removed after WW2 but the rear addition is the blue building at the edge of the creek you see now. It was originally powered by a millrace under the street but converted to steam and then later gasoline power when Linn briefly used it while building the factory. The owner could not get that front yard where the shop had stood, to grow grass until my Grandfather Holdridge told him to put chicken manure on it. They complained about the smell but it worked.

West Main St. The last building on the left was the Morris Chronicle building at that time. It is now part of the Dr. Naylor Company.
https://www.drnaylor.com/

West Main St. bridge

West Main St. looking east

Photographs by N.W. Carey (1870-1937) Read more about him at the link below.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102468227