Memories of '55 floods sought at Derby Library

Derby resident Mary Bisaccia, local history coordinator at Derby Public Library, looks at newspaper coverage of a flood that devastated the Valley and caused evacuations in 1982.

This Wednesday, Aug. 19, marks the 60th anniversary of the Floods of 1955. 

Read all about it in a story in the Valley Independent Sentinel.

Bisaccia will be discussing the Floods of 1955 at the Library from 6-7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and from 10 a.m.-noon on Wednesdays for the remainder of the month. She said she hopes people will stop by and share their memories.

This is one of many flood photos taken by the legendary photojournalist Edward J. Cotter Jr. of Derby. The late Cotter's photos were published alongside other photographers' work in a book published in December, 1955 by the defunct Evening Sentinel of Ansonia. (See book cover below)

The City of Ansonia will commemorate the 60th anniversary with a ceremony at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Vartelas Park on Maple Street.