WESTOVER PARK / 2334 GUESS ROAD
"Northgate Park - Guess Road Flood Photos" - 08.25.57
(Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper)
"Northgate Park - Guess Road Flood Photos" - 08.25.57
(Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper)
The following was included with the above as "Northgate Park - Guess Road Flood Photos." Not sure where the below was taken, but I like his spirit.
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When I was a kid living on Broad Street two blocks from this park, I frequently went there. There was a higher level even with the street and a lower level even with Ellerbee Creek. A long sliding board connected the two levels. When the park flooded as shown in the above photos, we could slide down into the "lake" of water!
I think this photo of the intrepid fisherman was made at Northgate Park. There was a large birdhouse in the center during the 1960's, and there appears to be one in the background. E.D. ran a mystery photo of a flood there some time back; it was identified, but I cannot find it now. I looked on Mystery Photos, and Acadia Street. Wonder if it is the same flood? I believe Tony Rumple, a Durham Sum photographer who lived down the street took the photo.
I agree with Anon. Same creek, but several miles downstream from Westover Park. It looks like Acadia near Club Blvd. (at Northgate Park) where the creek goes under both streets.
I think that the mystery photo was the "Great Flood" in Northgate Park after Hurricane Hazel in 1954. That's when the water flooded the Parkview Baptist church on Acadia Street up to the windows. I can remember seeing people in a canoe going into the church thru the front doors. After the Hurricane Hazel Flood, some dredging was done in Ellerbee Creek near Club Blvd.This didn't prevent flooding, but I don't think that church was flooded again quite as badly. Friends of my parents who were members of the church said that the congregation almost decided to relocate.
Anon
I should have posted that the bottom photo was the same date as the ones above -1957.
GK
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