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Title	Railroad Trestles at a Flooded Out Del Paso Boulevard
Date	1927
Description	A flooded Del Paso Boulevard is the subject of this February 1927 photograph. A rain and wind storm on February 16/17 pushed the American and Sacramento Rivers over their banks. In spite of the flooded artery, residential sections of North Sacramento were spared. Beyond Sacramento Northern and Western Pacific trestles and to the middle-left of the photograph are the old facilities of the Liberty Iron Works, the builder of Curtiss JN-4 trainers or “Jennies.” So severe was the emotional impact of flooding on North Sacramento and adjacent areas north of Sacramento proper in both 1925 and 1927, that California State Senator, John M. Inman, proposed Senate Bill 883, to form the American River Flood Control District. The legislation passed, making the district a flood control mainstay well into the twentieth-first century. An Exchange Club sign sits to the righ the frame welcoming motorists to North Sacramento.
Format	8 x 10 in.; b&w
Holding Institution	Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library
Rights	This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Street/Neighborhood	Del Paso Boulevard; North Sacramento
City/County	Sacramento
Subjects	Floods and Flooding Railroad, Western Pacific Signage Railroad, Sacramento Northern Railroads Portraits Bridges North Sacramento, California
Collection	Sacramento Room Photograph Collection
Identifying Number	890b