Day: February 9, 2020

Mill Creek, More

Record water levels are now being recorded. And here are a couple of aerial views from the local newspaper, the Union-Bulletin, and its chief shooter, Greg Lehman.

Mill Creek Overflow (Greg Lehman photograph)

We are high and dry here. But things were different before US Corps of Engineers work on Mill Creek, and Bennington Lake overflow control mechanisms and scenarios were developed. Here is a 1931 photograph of flooding on Birch Street, a route I often take on my daily walk to the downtown workspace.

(Walla Walla Union-Bulletin photograph)