Hurricane Francis and Hurrican Ivan.
The first seven photographs were taken on Saturday Thursday September 9, 2004, at the Miklos Cottage on Conneaut Lake. This is the aftermath of Hurricane Francis.
Photographs by: Bob Miklos & Frank Miklos
This is the highest we have ever seen the lake. Our family has owned the cottage since 1926. Two years ago it was 3 or 4 inches lower and in the early 50s the lake was almost this high but not quite. The boat was tied up in a slip. One section of dock broke free but the boat was still tied to it. Due to the fortinate direction of the wind , the boat, a 1955 Century Resorter 16', received no damage.
This boat was floating over its dock. We pulled it into shore until we could locate its trailer. Where the boat is sitting is normally completely out of the water. The boat is over a dranage ditch which allowed the shaft and propeller to clear the bottom.
Once the boats were taken care of we then filled seven 55 gallon barrells with water to hold the main sections of the dock down. If they were let floating they would have been damaged. Four other sections were taken out of the water.
The next seven photographs were taken on Saturday Thursday September 9, 2004 in the evening on the Beaver River. The river is almost white water.
Looking down stream from the Falston Bridge on the Beaver River.
Looking up stream from the Falston Bridge on the Beaver River.
Note the wake behind the piling.
The bridge out to the outer docks of River Rose Marina. The bridge later gave way.
The bridge out to the outer docks of New Brighton Marina. The bridge was taken out by a 1961 Chris Craft 38' Cruiser. You can see the boat and it's damage later on this page. The boat broke loose from River Rose Marina.
On the lower Beaver River near the Ohio River. Boats from an up river marina piled up on another marina.
Boats that broke loose from up river caught around a bridge pier. Note the part of the docks wraped around the pier.
The next five photographs were taken on Saturday Friday September 10, 2004 around 12:00 after the river had slowed down quite a bit.
This is the reason for the River trip delay of one week. This is looking towards Blaine's marina with water surrounding it.
This photo is looking out where the bridge should be if you look close you can see it hanging off the outer dock.
This is the water around his building.
This is Blaine's head dock with a dock from the upper marine wrapped around the piling. Note the yacht club across the river only has one line of docks the other bent the piling .
This is the marina up river of Blaine's the only boat that survived was a boat that had tied off of one of the piling.
The water has gone down but the bridge is still out. The river trip is was rescheduled for September 25, 2004. The river trip has now been cancelled due to unsafe conditions in the river.
The next group of photographs are New Brighton Marina during Ivan's flooding. They were taken September 18' in the afternoon. The water was still coming up.
The building at the marina note how much higher the water is. Compare it to the third photo.
A boat floating in the parking area on the other side of the tracks. It was on a trailer.
The water under the cruiser that broke away in the earlier flood. This is the boat that took out the bridge at New Brighton Marina. Note the fine patch-work. The boat is an early 1960s Chris Craft Cruiser somewhere around 38'. The water came up another foot or two, the boat did no float.
The next four photographs are Bob Mendocino's 1952 Chris Craft Special Runabout at Washington's Landing Marina on the Allegheny River. The photographs were taken September 19, 2004. The flood water crested about 15 hrs earlier, about 9' higher.
The boat was very lucky that the dock turned this way and got stuck against the other docks. The boat only received minimal damage. The mooring whips also helped to save the boat from damage.
