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It took two weeks to get the water out of the basement of the
Dan Gable International Wrestling Institue and Museum.
 
 
A view of the front desk in the lobby of the wrestling museum.
 
 
The museum gift shop and most of the merchandise was destroyed by the flood.
 
 
A view of the lobby at the Dan Gable Wrestling Museum two days after the "Flood of the Century."
 
 
Most of the display units in the museum were destroyed by the flood.
All of the museum's merchandise in the cupboards were destroyed by the flood.
All of the drywall at the museum had to be taken out from three and a half feet down.
A view of the damage to some of the museum's merchandise.
Some of the museum's most valuable artifacts were destroyed by the flood. This picture is of a rare painting of Dan Gable at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Trash from the museum clean up effort.
“On the Mat” is a weekly wrestling radio program that airs every Wednesday night. The broadcast can be heard live from 5-6 p.m. Central Standard Time. The Dan Gable International Wrestling Institute and Museum in Waterloo, Iowa, hosts the show.


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