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1937 Press Photo The Mississippi River, at flood stage, in New Madrid, MO.

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The Mississippi River, at flood stage, surges through a dynamited "fuse-plug" levee at New Madrid, MO., After engineers had blown a hole in it to relieve pressure on the Cairo Levee.

Photo is dated 1937.

Photo measures 9 x 7 inches.
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