Connecticut’s Floods of 1955
A photographic history with cited opening dates, collection history and individually credited images. Historic views, later photographs and illustrations are dated separately. This is a selected collection, not an exhaustive inventory.

id: SGC101-S1
title: National Weather Service: Historic Flood of August 1955
url: https://www.weather.gov/nerfc/hf_august_1955
summary: Official account of flooding after Hurricanes Connie and Diane.
kind: Historical sources
date: Source dates described in record
credit: National Weather Service: Historic Flood of August 1955
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id: SGC101-S2
title: Connecticut Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan
url: https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/water/hazard_mitigation/plan/hazardmitigationplanpdf.pdf
summary: State account distinguishes August 12–19 hurricane rainfall from renewed flooding October 15–17.
kind: Historical sources
date: Source dates described in record
credit: Connecticut Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan
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id: SGC101-S3
title: Derby Public Library: Flood of 1955 photographs
url: https://derbypubliclibrary.org/flood-1955-2/
summary: Local collection of photographs and community memory from the Lower Naugatuck Valley.
kind: Historical sources
date: Source dates described in record
credit: Derby Public Library: Flood of 1955 photographs
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id: SGC101-S4
title: Naugatuck Historical Society: 1955 flood
url: https://www.naugatuckhistory.org/1955flood
summary: Additional locally identified photograph albums and historical material.
kind: Historical sources
date: Source dates described in record
credit: Naugatuck Historical Society: 1955 flood
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id: PHOTO-8536868
title: Destruction after Hurricane Diane
kind: Photographs
date: August 1955
institution: Connecticut’s Floods of 1955
summary: NOAA’s historical photograph records flood damage in Connecticut after Diane. The Commons upload date is not the date of the disaster; the precise street is not identified in this record.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hurricane_Diane_Connecticut_flood_damage.jpg
credit: NOAA; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-145113513
title: Route 44 bridge over Farmington River destroyed by flood, New Hartford CT, US Army, August 1955, from the Digital Commonwealth - 1 22 10 001173 0035 A
kind: Photographs
date: August 1955
institution: Connecticut’s Floods of 1955
summary: Route 44 bridge over Farmington River destroyed by flood, New Hartford CT, US Army, August 1955, from the Digital Commonwealth - 1 22 10 001173 0035 A.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Route_44_bridge_over_Farmington_River_destroyed_by_flood,_New_Hartford_CT,_US_Army,_August_1955,_from_the_Digital_Commonwealth_-_1_22_10_001173_0035_A.tif
credit: United States Army Corps of Engineers; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-3969303
title: Norwalk: Main and Wall Streets after the flood
kind: Photographs
date: October 16, 1955
institution: Connecticut’s Floods of 1955
summary: A U.S. Coast Guard photograph from the Connecticut State Library shows Norwalk during the October flood episode. It is separate from the August hurricane disaster.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norwalk1955flooda.jpg
credit: Creator not identified in source; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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