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Hurricane Able

( DICK STACKS/ BALTIMORE SUN PHOTO )

August 31, 1952 - Unusually high tides piled up by the waning force of Hurricane Able inundated Light Street below Pratt Street. The Coast Guard reported 11 barges were torn loose from their moorings in the harbor.

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