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Residents work along the railroad tracks at the waters edge in Cairo during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

A view of the waterfront at Cairo shows residents working along train tracks at left during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Residents work on reinforcement along the train tracks running next to the waterfront in Cairo during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Sandbags are brought in on the train tracks at the waterfront in Cairo during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Floodwaters surround the depot at Harrisburg during the Ohio River Flood.

A group of people stand outside a large building located between Eldorado and Harrisburg during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.On verso: "People waiting to be taken off between Eldorado and Harrisburg."

Floodwaters reach the road running out of Cairo during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Sandbags line the sea wall next to a set of railroad tracks during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.On verso: "Where seepage was stopped at base of sea wall at Cairo."

Sandbags line the sea wall in Cairo during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.On verso: "Where seepage was stopped at base of sea wall at Cairo."

Floodwaters fill the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp in Cairo during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Floodwaters fill a neighborhood in Harrisburg during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Men travel by boat out of Ridgway during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Several men stand along a bank in Ridgway during the Ohio River Flood.

A street view shows flooding in Ridgway during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Several boats travel out of Ridgway during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

A landscape view shows a flooded farm between Equality and Ridgway during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Flood waters engulf a Texaco gas station in Ridgway during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

A street view shows a retaining wall in Cairo during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Men place sandbags along the retaining wall in Cairo during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

A streetview shows a flooded neighborhood in Ridgway during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Men stand on a dry road east of Equality during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Floodwaters cover the Sahara Coal Company load yard at Muddy, near Harrisburg during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Sandbags lie around the mine shaft at Mine Number 18 during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Floodwaters reach the roofline of Parker's Filling Station in Harrisburg during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Floodwaters surround the railroad station in Harrisburg during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.