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Description: | Stone obelisk on stepped base. Flood marker on one face. Additional Information: The obelisk commemorates the Salford floods of November 1866. After heavy rain (reportedly 3.4 inches in the previous week) the Irwell burst its banks and inundated much of Lower Broughton, leading to the deaths of three men. The flood marker on the obelisk shows the height reached by the water on 16 November (2.59m). The keeper of Peel Park and many others were rescued from the upper storeys of their homes. According to the Weekly News, "Man and beast were driven together, and the case of a pig in a bedroom ceased to be suggestive of Irish partiality."(1) | Subjects: | Obelisk | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Architect: Bradshaw and Gass | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=7549... | Go to resource |
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