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Shields Avenue Lagoon

Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 10:00 pm
by kmcc01
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!

Re: Shields Avenue Lagoon

Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 10:15 pm
by MikeS1957
Shields and what? I grew up on Cedar just South of Shields in the 60s.

Re: Shields Avenue Lagoon

Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 9:41 am
by kmcc01
Between Hughes and Weber.

*Note from admin: Newspaper clipping added covering flooding in the general area above.