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Originally Posted by SIKSUKR
I'm pretty sure the town of Weare NH was submerged when the Army Corps of Engineers built the flood control area which is known as Clough State Park.This was done after the great flood of 1938 along with more flood control upstream in Hopkington NH.Interestingly enough,my dad was around in the flood of 1938 which took out most of the bridges across the Merrimack in Manchester.Two days before my mill building flooded on May 14th this year for the first time since 1938,he commented to someone that we will never have a flood in the building again because of the flood control that was built.Never say never!!We did have 4 feet of water but that is nothing compared to 1938.The river was 12 feet higher!!!Wow!
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We have relatives who live in Weare NH!!
There is a flood control dam there -but there is also a town!