January 7, 2008
flooding on Main Street over the years
Looking east from the corner of 14th and East Main Streets in 1886.
Looking west towards the Main Street Station (1901).
From the steps of the Main Street Station (1901).
From the Main Street Station (1924).
17th and East Main Streets, 1980s.
Photos #1, #3, & #4 from The Experience of a Century by Davenport Insurance Corporation (1948). Photo #2 Fifty Years in Richmond, published in 1948 by the Valentine Museum. Photo #5 source unknown.
Anyone know exactly when this photo was taken?
The last photo is of 1700 E. Main Street, taken between November 4-7, 1985, by Jeffrey Ruggles.
Here is another photo from the same flood:
I remember that ‘85 flood. A friend of mine worked at PB Kelley’s (now Havana’s) and we had to take a boat like the one above and enter via the second floor.
Prior to the 1985 flood, some vacant bottom buildings still had mud washed windows from previous floods.
In high school, my girlfriend and I use to walked down to PB Kelly’s to check out the latest hardcore bands. At that time there was Domino’s Dog House, Winston Churchhill’s, and the Main St. Grill across the street. I miss the alternative scene that use to be in the bottom.