This
sign was on the corner of King St. and Gordon St. in Falmouth. River Road
was closed on Friday Morning around 8:00 a.m. Water was approximately 12
feet above normal.
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River
Road in Falmouth taken Thursday Evening around 6:30 p.m. The road was still
passable by truck. Water was approximately 6 feet above normal at this
time.
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Water
gauge marker on Lauck's Island off of Fall Hill Ave. The gauge is normally
below the green but here is in the middle of the yellow zone on the marker.
This picture was taken Thursday evening.
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Parking
lot at Falmouth Beach on Friday morning around 8 a.m. The water was about
12 feet above normal at this time.
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VDOT
workers rescuing a Road Closed sign on River Road. Notice the water is
near the top of the speed limit sign. Taken Friday morning, the water was
about 12 feet above normal.
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Entrance
to Old Mill Park, taken early Friday morning. The entire park was under
at least 6 inches of water.
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Rappahannock River near the
City Dock, taken early Friday morning. About 3 more feet to go until the river crested. |
Rappahannock
River near the City Dock, taken early Friday morning. The dock and parking
are under a couple of feet of water.
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City
Dock completely under water on Friday morning. Notice the historic markers
in the center background, the water is up to the bottom of them. Close-up
is on the right.
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Close-up
of the historic markers in the center background, the water is up to the
bottom of them. Compare with the photo on the left.
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City
Dock, taken early Friday morning. The "City of Fredericksburg" boat is
normally docked between the trees in the background.
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Fall
Hill Ave., taken late Thursday evening around 7 p.m. On Friday morning,
the river was approximately 1 foot from reaching the road.
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Falmouth
Beach, late Thursday evening around 8 p.m. Notice the tie downs for the
power line poles. Compare with the picture on the right.
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River
Road at Falmouth Beach, taken early Friday Morning. Now notice the tie
downs for the power line poles. Compare with the picture on the left.
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The
deck located behind the old Cone Connection on Sophia St. Water came to
about 3 feet from the bottom of the deck.
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Rail-Road
bridge, taken around 8 a.m. on Friday morning. Normally the middle of the
pylons supporting the bridge can be seen.
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Steps
up to parking lot at City Dock, taken around 9 p.m. on Thursday. This is
the second set of steps leading up to the parking lot.
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Mill
ruins, off Riverside Drive. Normally people walk across this small dam
to the island on the other side. Water was about 1 foot over the top of
the dam.
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The deck located behind
the old Cone Connection on Sophia St. This shows the first and almost
second landing are covered with water. The water came up about 3 more feet
before receding.
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Parking sign at Falmouth
Beach. People park around this sign everyday of the week. The water nearly
covered the sign before receding.
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