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1880s flood
First Street at Alder, during flood
1880s

The Strowbridge Block is at the center of this photo, with the bottom portion of the Odd Fellows' Temple and the Alisky & Hegele Building a little closer.

Floods were not uncommon in Portland during the second half of the nineteenth century, although the largest flood did not occur until 1894.

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Strowbridge Block, 1879 Strowbridge Block, 1879 Portland Businesses, 1882 Another view of the Odd Fellows' Temple, 1882 McKay & Abington Buildings during flood, 1894 McKay & Abington Buildings during 1894 flood