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Forty Fourth Week, Monday's "Medfield Historical Minute"
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis.
A Medfield Historical Minute...
This "Medfield Historical Minute" is brought to you by town historian Richard DeSorgher.
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis. A different "Medfield Historical Minute" will appear each day during the Crisis.
"On Monday, March 18, 1968, the selectmen declared that a State of Emergency existed in Medfield, due to a 7-inch rainfall which caused severe flooding. The Director of Civil Defense, Austin “Buck” Buchanan, along with other town department heads were notified. Feeder streams to the Charles and Neponset Rivers peaked over their banks on March 18 but the Charles River did not start to recede until Thursday, March 21. Detours were set up in numerous places around the town with streets impassible. The fire department responded by assisting 151 households pumping out their cellars. The most serious result of the flood was the loss on Brastow’s Bridge connecting Medfield and Millis at Bridge Street, Medfield and Dover Road, Millis. Due to damage caused by the flooding waters, the bridge was closed. A new bridge, paid for by state as well as Medfield and Millis funds, began in 1969."