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Re: Shields Avenue Lagoon

by kmcc01 » Sat Mar 01, 2014 9:41 am

Between Hughes and Weber.

*Note from admin: Newspaper clipping added covering flooding in the general area above.
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Fresno Bee - Tue. Oct. 15, 1968 - Flooding article

Re: Shields Avenue Lagoon

by MikeS1957 » Fri Feb 28, 2014 10:15 pm

Shields and what? I grew up on Cedar just South of Shields in the 60s.

Shields Avenue Lagoon

by kmcc01 » Wed Feb 12, 2014 10:00 pm

Back in the 60's and into the 70's when Fresno had a lot of rain Shields Avenue would flood. The city would put out the wooden closed signs along with some oil burners for night time. We would build wooden rafts and go sailing on Lake Shields!

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