Mail Delivery During a Flood, c.1965

October 2nd, 2012

Anyone around before 1996 probably went through a serious flood; they were all too common in those days. In 1996 the new storm sewer project was completed and made a serious improvement to flooding situation. Nowadays flooding rarely lasts more than a couple of hours, much less than the days it could take to subside in the past.

In this photo you see a couple of kids coming out to reach the mailman, on the corner of Ridgewood Rd and W. Enid Dr. looking east. The school property is on the left. The Studebaker Zip Van mail truck was released in 1964, giving us an approximate date for the photo.

This is what the same intersection looks like today:

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