It always impresses me just how hard it is to tell in the present day, how much the Connecticut River Valley suffered from the wrath of this flood. One of the more interesting landmarks is the old railroad bridge that once carried the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad's Turner's Falls Branch across the river- one of the three spans is a great deal older than the other two. A notable wooden covered bridge was swept down the river by the flood, and took out two of the spans on this bridge, and they only replaced the ones that were struck- it's a very interesting lingering reminder of the flood of '36.
Someone commented about the people on the banks, all dressed up. That's how people did dress to be seen in public! Men wore ties. Women wore dresses. They cared how they looked. We're lost that sensibility.
