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In March 1933, the Ohio River again left its banks. Here is a view of the inundated Ches-
apeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) Freight Station in Huntington, West Virginia. The station
stood little more than a stone's throw from the Ohio River in the city's downtown and so
was frequently flooded. A familiar white cross-armed sign marks a railroad crossing, but
the only traffic moving today will be by boat. (Courtesy the C&O Historical Society.)
This view of the 1933 floodwaters in Huntington was taken from the platform of the old
C&O Freight Station. Ordinarily, the Ohio River would be behind the station, but the flood-
