Photos of What the Flood Left Behind

Yesterday after dinner, I took Emma near downtown in Cedar Rapids and we went for a walk, looking at the destruction that last week's flood left behind. We stayed toward the edge of downtown, not getting any further than Fourth Avenue, because beyond that it didn't look all that safe for Emma to be. However, here are some pictures of some of the things we saw in and around downtown. If you click on any of the pictures, you will see a larger version of the photo.

This first photo shows water being pumped out of the Iowa Building at 411 3rd Street S.E.

The next several photos show the railroad bridge that used to cross the Cedar River south of the 8th Avenue bridge to Penford Products.

The video below shows the Cedar River flowing by the railroad bridge and pans to show the entire remaining part of the bridge.

Finally, here is a photo of Bill's Brothers Furniture on 8th Avenue. By the time I took this picture, the roof of the part of the building in the right of the photo had been braced to keep it from falling. When I passed the building a few hours earlier, this was not the case.

Finally, here is a photo of a street sign at the corner of 3rd Street and 7th Avenue in southeast Cedar Rapids following the flood.