Row of houses in company housing project. This area was flooded about June 1, 1946, when storm sewer (left center in picture) broke. Several families were forced to move belongings to second floors of houses. Pursglove Coal Mining Company, Pursglove #2 Mine, Pursglove, Monongalia County, West Virgin
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"Row of houses in company housing project. This area was flooded about June 1, 1946, when storm sewer (left center in picture) broke. Several families were forced to move belongings to second floors of houses. Pursglove Coal Mining Company, Pursglove #2 Mine, Pursglove, Monongalia County, West Virgin" (1946). U.S. National Archives, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Row_of_houses_in_company_housing_project._This_area_was_flooded_about_June_1,_1946,_when_storm_sewer_(left_center_in_picture)_broke._Several_families_were_forced_to_move_belongings_-_DPLA_-_2200a9b980b7bbb0cdb4c20a54aafe1b_(page_4).tiffNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 155785.
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