Lansing - Myers Park The Flood of '35

Salmon Creek runs westward through the hills of Lansing to Cayuga Lake, and beginning on the night of July 7th, 1935, after more than eight inches of heavy rain, it became a raging torrent that overflowed its banks. It destroyed a bridge with four people on it, sending them to their deaths. The force of the water was so strong that it moved a railroad bridge off its abutments and carried the railroad tracks almost 200 feet out of line with the bridge.

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IMAGE 1: Uprooted trees and branches by a narrow stream in Myers. 1935.

Uprooted trees and strewn benches litter the bank of a shallow stream in the foreground, a larger tangle of branches straddles the water, with more in the background. The front of a house can be seen on the far bank, with mud on the wall and stairs

IMAGE 2: Man on railroad bridge over Salmon Creek in Myers/Ludlowville. 1935.

IMAGE 3: Fast flowing water over a low waterfall in Myers. 1935.

A low waterfall bisects the page horizontally, the river running quickly above and below it. Fallen trees and logs stick out pf the water, with more along the bank. A light colored house is on the far bank.

Images courtesy of The History Center in Tompkins County, 2022.

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