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Viewing Album:  Vicksburg flood 2011
 
By:IC 9224
Dates:4/28/2011 - 4/28/2011
Album Info:Photos of Mississippi River flood at Vicksburg. No additional photos will be posted. Flood washed photographer to a new job location.
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Exposing floodwall foundations
Title:  Exposing floodwall foundations
Description:  Looking west at Levee Street depot
Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 12:28:43 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Westward view of floodwall foundation at Levee St
Title:  Westward view of floodwall foundation at Levee St
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Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 12:29:04 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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looking south at floodwall foundation work
Title:  looking south at floodwall foundation work
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Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 12:29:23 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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looking east at floodwall foundation work
Title:  looking east at floodwall foundation work
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Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 12:29:43 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  370   Comments: 0
east view of foundation work
Title:  east view of foundation work
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Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 12:30:03 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  285   Comments: 0
looking north at floodwall foundation work
Title:  looking north at floodwall foundation work
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Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 12:30:23 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  290   Comments: 0
flloodwall foundation work at Levee Street depot
Title:  flloodwall foundation work at Levee Street depot
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Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 12:30:42 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  480   Comments: 0
depot is outside the levee
Title:  depot is outside the levee
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Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 12:31:02 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  223   Comments: 0
assembing the wall, looking west
Title:  assembing the wall, looking west
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Photo Date:  5/2/2011  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 4:46:28 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  268   Comments: 0
assembing the wall, looking north
Title:  assembing the wall, looking north
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Photo Date:  5/2/2011  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 4:46:54 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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assembing the wall, looking east
Title:  assembing the wall, looking east
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Photo Date:  5/2/2011  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 4:47:14 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  200   Comments: 0
assembing the wall, looking east
Title:  assembing the wall, looking east
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Photo Date:  5/2/2011  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 4:47:37 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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timbers used to build the wall
Title:  timbers used to build the wall
Description:  The wooden timbers are placed inside the metal frames, and then sealed with tar.
Photo Date:  5/2/2011  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 4:48:19 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  213   Comments: 0
assembing the wall, looking northwest
Title:  assembing the wall, looking northwest
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Photo Date:  5/2/2011  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 4:46:01 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  231   Comments: 0
Water over cornfield beside Redwood Jct
Title:  Water over cornfield beside Redwood Jct
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Photo Date:  5/3/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:09:22 PM
Location:  Redwood Jct, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Sidewalk to tracks
Title:  Sidewalk to tracks
Description:  Houses on stilts alongside the Cemetery Siding have built elevated walkways from their back doors to the tracks.
Photo Date:  5/3/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:11:39 PM
Location:  Cemetery, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Levee Street depot on wrong side of flood wall
Title:  Levee Street depot on wrong side of flood wall
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 10:46:37 AM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
Categories:  Station
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Views:  246   Comments: 0
Putting the pieces together of the floodwall
Title:  Putting the pieces together of the floodwall
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Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 10:47:21 AM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  215   Comments: 0
slightly higher view of wall
Title:  slightly higher view of wall
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Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 10:48:13 AM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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view from the "wet" side of the wall
Title:  view from the "wet" side of the wall
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Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 10:48:54 AM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  189   Comments: 2
Another view from the "wet" side of the wall
Title:  Another view from the "wet" side of the wall
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Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 10:49:17 AM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  232   Comments: 2
floodwall construction and depot porch
Title:  floodwall construction and depot porch
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Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 10:49:47 AM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  148   Comments: 0
flood
Title:  flood
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 10:53:56 AM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  115   Comments: 0
Redwood Lake
Title:  Redwood Lake
Description:  This nice looking lake was a cornfield last week.
Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 10:54:50 AM
Location:  Redwood, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  338   Comments: 0
levve construction across main at Anderson Tully
Title:  levve construction across main at Anderson Tully
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Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 10:58:41 AM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  154   Comments: 0
levees across main at Anderson Tully
Title:  levees across main at Anderson Tully
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Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 11:00:07 AM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  115   Comments: 0
KCS/VSOR track cut and moved away from wall
Title:  KCS/VSOR track cut and moved away from wall
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:20:23 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
Categories:  Track
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Views:  277   Comments: 0
Wall foundation exposed under roadbed
Title:  Wall foundation exposed under roadbed
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:20:45 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  196   Comments: 0
Wall construction
Title:  Wall construction
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:21:06 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  164   Comments: 0
depot and cabooses on the wet side of the wall
Title:  depot and cabooses on the wet side of the wall
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:21:27 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  176   Comments: 0
Putting the timbers in
Title:  Putting the timbers in
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:22:10 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  147   Comments: 0
And the water keeps rising
Title:  And the water keeps rising
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Photo Date:  5/5/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:22:30 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  282   Comments: 0
Red flag and derail before the cut track
Title:  Red flag and derail before the cut track
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Photo Date:  5/5/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:22:51 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  205   Comments: 0
section of track removed for wall construction
Title:  section of track removed for wall construction
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:23:13 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  187   Comments: 0
And the wall keeps progressing
Title:  And the wall keeps progressing
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Photo Date:  5/5/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:23:35 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  161   Comments: 0
And the wall keeps rising higher
Title:  And the wall keeps rising higher
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/6/2011  Upload Date: 5/6/2011 2:47:54 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  299   Comments: 0
Putting up the last support beams
Title:  Putting up the last support beams
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/6/2011  Upload Date: 5/6/2011 2:48:16 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  146   Comments: 0
JV101 shoves the last train out of Vicksburg yard
Title:  JV101 shoves the last train out of Vicksburg yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/6/2011  Upload Date: 5/6/2011 2:48:37 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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JV101 gathering up the few remainin cars in Vicksburg yard
Title:  JV101 gathering up the few remainin cars in Vicksburg yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/6/2011  Upload Date: 5/6/2011 2:48:59 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Empty yard.
Title:  Empty yard.
Description:  The main yard is empty. JV101 is gathering the last cars out of the west tracks. Meanwhile a tamper and regulator work on the tracks while the trains are out of the way.
Photo Date:  5/6/2011  Upload Date: 5/6/2011 2:49:19 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  265   Comments: 0
MP 28
Title:  MP 28
Description:  Floodwaters have nearly reached the track at MP 28. The bridge is US Hwy 61 over the Yazoo River.
Photo Date:  5/8/2011  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 6:44:52 PM
Location:  Redwood Jct, MS
Author:  IC 9224
Categories:  Track
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Views:  462   Comments: 0
trying to beat the flood
Title:  trying to beat the flood
Description:  Anderson Tully attempts to raise its levee as water approaches Cemetery Siding.
Photo Date:  5/8/2011  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 6:48:20 PM
Location:  Cemetery, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  476   Comments: 0
Dry side of the wall at Levee Street station
Title:  Dry side of the wall at Levee Street station
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/8/2011  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 6:49:20 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  336   Comments: 0
Finished wall across the KCS/VSOR tracks
Title:  Finished wall across the KCS/VSOR tracks
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/8/2011  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 6:49:45 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  179   Comments: 0
Going under
Title:  Going under
Description:  Floodwater has backed thru the sump pump drains into the Levee Street station basement and is now spilling into the street.
Photo Date:  5/8/2011  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 6:50:20 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
Categories:  Station,Track
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Wet side of the wall across the KCS/VSOR tracks
Title:  Wet side of the wall across the KCS/VSOR tracks
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/8/2011  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 6:50:54 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
Categories:  Station,Track
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Views:  274   Comments: 0
Rising water on both sides of the track
Title:  Rising water on both sides of the track
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/8/2011  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 6:51:23 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
Categories:  Station,Track
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Views:  205   Comments: 0
Preperation for Anderson Tully to extend their levee across Cemetery Siding
Title:  Preperation for Anderson Tully to extend their levee across Cemetery Siding
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/8/2011  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 6:52:04 PM
Location:  Cemetery, MS
Author:  IC 9224
Categories:  Track
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Views:  193   Comments: 0
Flood waters creep closer to track at Redwood Jct.
Title:  Flood waters creep closer to track at Redwood Jct.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2011  Upload Date: 5/9/2011 2:01:42 PM
Location:  Redwood Jct, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  539   Comments: 0
Levee built by Armstrong Corp across tracks at MP 218
Title:  Levee built by Armstrong Corp across tracks at MP 218
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2011  Upload Date: 5/9/2011 2:02:38 PM
Location:  Cemetery, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  183   Comments: 0

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