Books moved to avoid floodwater at the main branch of the DMPL

ID: 389 ~ Source: DMPL Flood of 1993 Scrapbook ~ Creator: DMPL ~ Date: July 1993
This file appears in: The Flood of 1993
Books moved to avoid floodwater at the main branch of the DMPL
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Some of the books moved to avoid rising floodwater at the main branch of the Des Moines Public Library.

This file appears in: The Flood of 1993

By DMPL Team
Des Moines was one of many locations in Iowa affected by record flooding during the summer of 1993. Heavy snows earlier in the year, followed by a series of major rainstorms in the summer, led to higher water levels than were predicted by the…