Causeway Flood - 1914

Masonic Hall and Causeway Flood of 1914

At top left is the Masonic Hall, showing the Causeway flood of 1914. This is an east view, just stepping off Long Bridge. Notice the old car and the store where you could get lunch with an ice cream dessert. This second photo shows another view of the same flood, with the entrance to Long Bridge in the left foreground. Did you know that Chesapeake City had a jail? There it is just left of the Masonic Hall. John Sayer told me that, when he was a boy, he heard an inmate sing out from this jail: “Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink!” John loved telling that story; I sure hope it’s true.