"THE CREST"
Starting June 16th the River was climbing to an all time "crest" of over 25'-3" set in 1993
The Mississippi started to run up Valley Street to the corner of Valley and Main
Early morning of Tuesday, June 18, 2008 the water crested briefly
before the Gulfport, Illinois levey broke south of Burlington, Near the Carthage Lake Club
Gulfports Levey breach saved downtown Burlington from record water levels
and a lot of damage -- If the Levey would not have broken -- Frank Millard & Company would have had river water and the raw sewage it contained on our first floor and the battle would have been lost!Gulfport's tragedy saved Burlington ..... How ironic is that?
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