University History
University History - 1997 Flood Photo Gallery
Published July 2007
Campus streets underwater on July 29, 1997.
Just east of the railroad tracks, water heavily damaged the road and parking lots.
Flood water surrounds Morgan Library and Lory Student Center on July 29, 1997.
Water surrounds the west side of Lory Student Center.
The hole where water rushed into Morgan Library.
Photo courtesy of CSU Libraries Archives and Special Collections.
More about the flood
- Downpour Turns Into Nightmare
- CSUPD Dispatchers Narrowly Escape
- Lory Student Center Inundated
- Morgan Library Wall and Foundation Explodes
- Academic Offices Annihilated
- Shocking Journey To Campus
- The Morning After
- Logistics and Communication Challenges
- Bureaucratic and Fiscal Hurdles
- Library Opens for Fall Semester
- Heavily Damaged Lory Student Center Renovated
- Faculty Move On
- Theater and Music Programs Suffer Heavy Losses
- President Yates Issues a Challenge
Historical accounts in this series of articles, were compiled and edited from Democracy's University - A History of Colorado State University 1970-2003, written by James E. Hansen II (University Press of Colorado, 2007).
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