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Gilbert's Diner on White St. once stood here. Still river, the cause of the flood, ran under White St. The flooding of the river washed it away in 1955.

This map highlights the streets to be redeveloped in the Downtown Action Plan. The streets are Main St., White St. and Elm St. The streets are the business districts of Danbury that were left in ruin in the wake of the flood. The redevelopment of…

A bond for $750,000 was set up by the Town Flood Council in order to help set up 7 bridges throughout the city

The Danbury Redevelopment project was green lit on January 10, 1958. Those placed in charge of planning the project were The City Redevelopment Agency. The project was financed by Urban Renewal Agency and endorsed by The Town Flood Control Board.

These cars were caught up in the flood after 3 days of non stop rain, which turned into 11 inches of water throughout the city.

A resident's home that got surrounded by water in the wake of the flood that plagued Fairfield county in 1955.

Aerial shot of Danbury after the raining stopped.

A hardware store's inventory gets washed out in the flood.

One of many shops to suffer inventory loss as a result of the flood.

inventory damage as a result of the flood.