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	Name:	PineNeedle -
	Subject:	Flood of 1979
	Date:	8/22/2016 12:27:01 AM (updated 8/22/2016 12:32:51 AM)

Found this gov report on the floods of 1979 where I understand 4 to 5 inches of rain fell on Lake Martin in 2 hours. It is a long technical document, but on about the third or fourth page are pictures of the old bridge below the dam on hwy 50 being washed away.

http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1319/report.pdf

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