The stretch of Kaighn Avenue between Ninth and Tenth Streets has long been susceptible to flooding during heavy rainstorms that coincide with high tide. One such storm struck on August 11, 1958, inundating the avenue through South Camden from east of 8th Street west past Mt. Ephraim Avenue.
The flood was documented in a series of photographs taken that day by Bob Bartosz. The images below show the rising water along Kaighn Avenue near 8th, 9th, and 10th Streets, Ida Street, and Mt. Ephraim Avenue, as well as Kosciusko Hall at 938 Kaighn Avenue and the Kaighn Avenue Baptist Church.
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