Cherry Creek water floods 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break. Automobiles, streetcars, and pedestrians line sidewalks in front of storefronts. The dome of the Customs House is to the side; sign reads:...
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
Automobiles and a pedestrian make their way through water by Union Station at 17th (Seventeenth) and Wynkoop Streets during the Cherry Creek flood which resulted from the Castlewood Dam break of 1933, Denver, Colorado. A spare tire cover on the...
Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Railroad Stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
View of mangled steel from the Curtis Street bridge, after Castlewood Dam collapsed during a severe rainstorm and innundated Cherry Creek, Denver, Colorado.
View of Cherry Creek and the 8th (Eighth) Avenue bridge in Denver, Colorado. Waves arise from flood water resulting from the breach of the Castlewood Canyon Dam.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
People watch crews clean up damage from a Cherry Creek (Castlewood Canyon) flood, in Denver, Colorado. Shows Curtis Street, the Municipal Auditorium, the Telephone Exchange Building, the Daniels and Fisher Tower, and a crane.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Cleaning--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hoisting...
Flood water rushes under a bridge at 8th (Eighth) and Broadway in Denver, Colorado, following the Castlewood Dam collapse. Signs in the background read: "American Beauty Spaghetti and Macaroni" and "Denver Buick". Shows trolley cars and automobiles.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
Children ride makeshift rafts down flooded West 29th Avenue and Huron Streets following the Cherry Creek / Castlewood Canyon flood, Denver, Colorado.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Children playing in water--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Rafts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
Aerial view of Cherry Creek during a flood in downtown Denver, Colorado. Buildings include the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph building, Gas and Electric Company building, Municipal Auditorium, and the old City Hall.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows the Broadway Street bridge, people, and a car dealership with a smokestack and signs: "Continental, Buick."
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break. People stand on the 13th (Thirteenth) Avenue bridge and watch torrents of water.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows muddy water, the Blake Street bridge, people, debris, and warehouses with signs: "Mile High Poultry Farm."
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows muddy water, the Blake Street bridge, people, debris, and commercial buildings with signs: "American Forge Works."
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
View of Cherry Creek flood damage in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows debris, people, automobiles, office buildings, and signs: "Hotel Revere," "Sharp Bros," and "Standard Machinery & Supply."
Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
View of Cherry Creek flood damage in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows bridges, muddy water, a water tower, and a warehouse with letters: "Weicker Transfer & Storage Co."
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
View of Cherry Creek flood damage in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows 16th (Sixteenth) Street, mud, automobiles, storefronts, people, and signs: "Postal Telegraph," "Barteldes Seed Warehouse," "Great Western Stove Co.,"...
Aerial view of Cherry Creek flood damage in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows the washed out Colorado Boulevard bridge, water, and sandbars.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
Aerial view of Cherry Creek floodwater and damage in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows the Auraria neighborhood (upper center), Colfax Street (upper left), Cherry Creek, and downtown buildings including the Telephone and...
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
Aerial view of Cherry Creek floodwater and damage in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River, railroad yards and a roundhouse, viaducts, the Denver Tramway powerhouse,...
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1930-1940.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Railroad shops &...
View of Cherry Creek flood damage in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows Wazee Street, mud, automobiles, storefronts, and signs: "Christensen Implement Co," "Oxford Hotel," and "Inland Paper Box Co."
Aerial view of Cherry Creek floodwater and damage in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River, railroad yards, viaducts, the Denver Tramway powerhouse, the Auraria and...
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1930-1940.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
Men (some in fire department helmets) stand amid Cherry Creek flood damage in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break. A brick office building and displaced house are in the background.
Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
View of Cherry Creek floodwater in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows Speer Boulevard, automobiles, and Sunken Gardens under water.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Sunken Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
Aerial view of Cherry Creek flood damage in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows Cherry Creek, the washed out Harvard Avenue bridge, farms, and the Sullivan School.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
View of a Cherry Creek flood at 8th (Eighth) Avenue and Speer Boulevard in Denver, Colorado. A car is in the foreground; spectators watch by the Nurses Home and County Hospital (Denver General Hospital) in the background.
Denver General Hospital--Buildings--1930-1940.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
Residents watch crews clean up damage on downtown streets after Cherry Creek flooded and caused the Castlewood Dam to collapse. Shows machinery and flooded buildings.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
Shows flood waters near the 23rd Street viaduct in lower downtown Denver, Colorado, after the Castlewood Dam destruction and subsequent Cherry Creek flood in 1933.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
View of Cherry Creek flood damage in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break. Men and boys clear debris by a bridge over Cherry Creek; warehouses are in the background. Sign reads: "American Forge Works - Oil Well Supplies."
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows muddy water in standing waves. A business at 115 West 7th (Seventh) Avenue has a sign: "O. P. Skaggs System Foods."
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows torrents of muddy water. West Denver High School is in the background.
West High School (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows torrents of muddy water. West Denver High School is to the left.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows torrents of muddy water in standing waves. People look on from the side.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows torrents of muddy water in standing waves. People look on from the side; boys wear plastic visors.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows torrents of muddy water in standing waves. People watch from under trees.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows an expanse of water and landscaping at the Sunken Gardens.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Sunken Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
View of Cherry Creek floodwater and damage in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows railroad yards, freight cars, a fuel tank, a smokestack, industrial buildings, and sign: "Kindel." Front Range mountains are in the...
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Railroad...
View of a Cherry Creek flood at 12th (Twelfth) Avenue in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows torrents of muddy water, parked cars, and people.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
View of a Cherry Creek flood between 12th (Twelfth) and 13th (Thirteenth) Avenues in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows torrents of muddy water, standing waves, parked cars, and people.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
View of Cherry Creek floodwater at the Sunken Gardens in Denver, Colorado resulting from the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows a expanse of water and landscaping.
Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Sunken Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
View of Cherry Creek floodwater in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows the Sunken Gardens under water and West High School.
West High School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Sunken Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...