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At 62.7 feet, the 1937 flood was so high that it submerged many Point Pleasant sections
high enough to escape previous floods. Included was the Marietta Manufacturing Company.
During World War II, the boatbuilder employed a small army of workers producing hun-
dreds of boats for the military. But after the war, the company struggled and finally went
out of business in 1970. (Courtesy Point Pleasant River Museum.)
The January 1937 flood was the worst ever in Huntington, West Virginia. It inundated most
of the city's downtown and forced thousands of residents from their homes. In this photo-
