DescriptionA postcard with the front showing a photograph from Cameron Hill of the Tennessee River and flooded sections of downtown Chattanooga and Hill City (North Chattanooga) during the 1917 flood. The construction of the Market Street Bridge can be seen in progress. The Tennessee River crested at 47.7 feet in the 1917 flood (compared to the record 58.05 feet of the 1867 flood), inundating much of Chattanooga, especially areas south of Main Street. The floodwaters drove an estimated 6,000 residents from their homes and caused $469,000 worth of damage in 1917 dollars. Despite the damage, the flood’s effects were felt to have been mitigated by the Hale’s Bar Dam and led to further calls for flood control initiatives on the Tennessee River.