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Published June 24, 2012, 12:00 AM

Photo gallery: Images from Duluth floods in 1972


This washout on Skyline Drive and about 10th Avenue West is among extensive flood damage seen in Duluth in 1972. I­­­mages in this photo gallery were published by Stewart-Taylor Company in a 1973 date book. The company wrote: “While it has been the policy of the publishers of this annual date book to present positive, interesting things about our city each year, we did not feel that we could ignore the three catastrophic storms of 1972.”

  • This washout on Skyline Drive and about 10th Avenue West is among extensive flood damage seen in Duluth in 1972. I­­­mages in this photo gallery were published by Stewart-Taylor Company in a 1973 date book. The company wrote: “While it has been the policy of the publishers of this annual date book to present positive, interesting things about our city each year, we did not feel that we could ignore the three catastrophic storms of 1972.”
  • Hundreds of people survey damage at Sixth Avenue East and Sixth Street in Duluth after flood damage in 1972.
  • The sidewalk is in ruins on First Avenue East in Duluth after flood damage in 1972.
  • In 1972, Duluth Mayor Ben Boo, U.S. Sen. Walter Mondale and Minnesota Gov. Wendell Anderson survey flood damage in Duluth.
  • The parking lot is washed away in front of a gas station on Sixth Avenue East in 1972.
  • In 1973, Stewart Taylor Company published a date book featuring photos from Duluth’s 1972 floods. It included this photo of the spot where 12-year-old John Schroepfer emerged alive after being sucked into a culvert by floodwaters.