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...best viewed full-screen. Title: Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889. No. 15, General view of Johnstown looking towards Kernville / photographed by Histed. Pittsburgh, PA. Contributor: Histed, Ernest Walter, 1862-1947, photographer. Created / Published: c1889.... See More
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In this photo, taken shortly after the flood, stands the Franklin Street (United) Methodist Church, which did survive the flood. The church building split the flood wave, sparing many of the buildings around Central Park. The church was built of old stone from the state canal system. It did sustain damage from the flood, but still stood in the wake of the disaster. It still stands today, having survived all of Johnstown's major floods. ~NMK
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The Johnstown Flood (locally, the Great Flood of 1889) occurred on May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam on the Little Conemaugh River 14 miles (23 km) upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The dam broke after several days of extremely heavy rainfall, unleashing 20 million tons of water (18 million cubic meters) from the reservoir known as Lake Conemaugh. With a volumetric flow rate that temporarily equalled that of the Mississippi River,[2] the flood kill
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Main Street after the 1889 Johnstown Flood. Read more at https://dyingcharlotte.com/2017/06/20/witness-to-disaster/
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The seven arches bridge in Johnstown after the flood. The bridge caught a huge amount of debris that had collected in the flood waters during the 14 mile journey from Lake Conemaugh to Johnstown. On the night of the flood that debris pile caught on fire.
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The devastating 1889 Johnstown Flood. A view from the top of the broken dam. When a dam gave way after unprecedented rainfall, it sent a wall of water barreling toward a Pennsylvania town of 30,000 people.
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Johnstown Flood, 1977. Grams n my grandfather were visiting "home" in New Florence, PA when this one happened...got to see a lot of the flooding and devastation..
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St. John's Roman Catholic Church caught fire and burned during the 1889 Johnstown Flood.
![The Johnstown Flood (locally, the Great Flood of 1889) occurred on May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam on the Little Conemaugh River 14 miles (23 km) upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The dam broke after several days of extremely heavy rainfall, unleashing 20 million tons of water (18 million cubic meters) from the reservoir known as Lake Conemaugh. With a volumetric flow rate that temporarily equalled that of the Mississippi River,[2] the flood kill South Fork, Stereoview, Mississippi River, Rainfall, Cool Photos, Interesting Photos](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/b1/04/36/b104369a9db88ce264b79bd37c93c695--johnstown-flood-the-flood.jpg)
