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Flood of 1958 (1491) CCCHSDescription
On April 2, 1958, after several days of hard rain, high tides contributed to the overflow of Pinole Creek, which flooded the downtown area. Boats tied up along Tennent Avenue so the Pinole Fire Department could rescue people from their flooded homes. Boats went up and down Tennent Avenue, which was like a river. Fernandez Park was under three feet of water. Children got on the bridge connecting Valley Avenue with Prune Street in makeshift rafts and “surfed” down the creek. In the 1960s the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers came to Pinole and widened, straightened, and deepened the creek. The corps took only three homes to realign the creek. Downtown Pinole has not flooded since.Copyright
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Pinole Historical Society