Jules Johnson wrote:
>
> Bob, don't forget that the mighty Mississippi did quite a lot of damage to
> the Q on the Illinois side at Burlington, Ia. I was to arrive at a college
> in Fairfield, Ia. in June 1965(you know to stay out of the draft) and we had
> to cross the river at Rock Island and travel south to Burlington to get back
> on US 34. Would you have any idea where the trains would haved detoured to,
> Ft Madison, Quincy, Rock Island? Oh well your message about your summer of
> 1965 reminded me of this event.
>
In 1965 when the levee broke on the Illinois side the water went through the
underpass where hwy 34 went under the RR tracks. As I recall this lowered the
hwy 30 feet and took out about 1000 ft of double track on a fill. By the time
the water got to Gladstone the river was almost ten miles wide. I was in
Burlington Community College and worked filling sandbags over Easter break.
Ken Martin
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