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Information about floods in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.
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1865-09-05, Richmond Whig; details about the wrecks at Rocketts – call for their removal
1867-08-10, Southern Opinion; description of Belle Isle as a prison camp – notes on the cemetery, the origins of the prison,the current state of the island
1903-01-29, National Tribune; takes up account of Belle Isle where Beecham left off (NT 10/23/1902); describes the moving of prisoners to Andersonville and the trick that the Confederates played to get the prisoners to get off the island.
1938-07-01, Richmond Times Dispatch; important history of the tunnel leading to the water works near Hollywood Cemetery – compared semi-sarcastically to the Holland Tunnel in New York
1951-11-05, Richmond Times-Dispatch; canal overflows into the Tredegar Iron Works near 6th Street
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