Men repairing power lines damaged by a tornado that hit Montevallo, Alabama, on April 11, 1939.
The surrounding houses are damaged or completely destroyed. An article about the storm ("Storm Kills Two in Alabama, Georgia") was published in the Birmingham News on April 12, 1939. Excerpt from the piece: "An electric clock at the Merchants & Farmers Bank was stopped at 11:47 a....
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Photographs Men repairing power lines damaged by a tornado that hit Montevallo, Alabama, on April 11, 1939. Cook |
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Photographs Electric lines; Houses; Tornadoes; Montevallo (Ala.); Shelby County (Ala.) |
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The surrounding houses are damaged or completely destroyed. An article about the storm ("Storm Kills Two in Alabama, Georgia") was published in the Birmingham News on April 12, 1939. Excerpt from the piece: "An electric clock at the Merchants & Farmers Bank was stopped at 11:47 a.m. when the power lines fell before the winds. First section hit was a knoll on the southeastern edge of the city, where three houses were smashed and a Negro Baptist church flattened. Next in the twisting path was the Episcopal Church, which was left a mass of wreckage, as the storm beat a path one block wide through the residential section. Trees were uprooted and outbuildings whirled away. All communication lines were torn down." (The image is damaged due to deterioration of the original negative.) |
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BN0028115_17BN0028115Men repairing power lines damaged by a tornado that hit Montevallo, Alabama, on April 11, 1939.The surrounding houses are damaged or completely destroyed. An article about the storm ("Storm Kills Two in Alabama, Georgia") was published in the Birmingham News on April 12, 1939. Excerpt from the piece: "An electric clock at the Merchants & Farmers Bank was stopped at 11:47 a.m. when the power lines fell before the winds. First section hit was a knoll on the southeastern edge of the city, where three houses were smashed and a Negro Baptist church flattened. Next in the twisting path was the Episcopal Church, which was left a mass of wreckage, as the storm beat a path one block wide through the residential section. Trees were uprooted and outbuildings whirled away. All communication lines were torn down." (The image is damaged due to deterioration of the original negative.)1939-041930-1939CookBirmingham NewsG39-01651Electric lines; Houses; Tornadoes; Montevallo (Ala.); Shelby County (Ala.)Still imageNegatives (Photographs); Black-and-white negatives1200 PPI TIFFAlabama Media GroupAlabama Media Group CollectionAlabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AlabamaEnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.comhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/139415 |
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Men repairing power lines damaged by a tornado that hit Montevallo, Alabama, on April 11, 1939. |
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