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12/02/2011 12:53 am
There are incredible films of ice on the Ohio River in 1918 on You Tube at
YouTube - The Ohio River Ice Flood of 1918 - Part 1
or search on You Tube for The Ohio River Ice Flood of 1918 - Part 1 .
You'll see several wrecked steamboats in this.
-Jim Herron
15/02/2011 5:53 pm
1918 ice
Thanks for the tip, Jim. Interesting original footage of the 1918 ice. There's also a part 2 to this, but it's not as interesting as part 1. This brought back a memory. When I was five years old, in early 1947, the Ohio froze over and my father took me out on it to the middle of the river at Cincinnati. I didn't realize then what it was all about, but I do now. Thank goodness we don't have winters like that anymore.