Johnstown Flood Great Conemaugh Valley Disaster A, Pennsylvania – Vintage Map Wall Art
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Johnstown Flood Great Conemaugh Valley Disaster A, Pennsylvania comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Johnstown Flood Great Conemaugh Valley Disaster A, Pennsylvania
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Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in the spring of 1889 was a mill town in the Conemaugh Valley, where the Cambria Iron Company and its steelworks employed large numbers of immigrant and local workers. On May 31, 1889, the earthen South Fork dam, held by a private hunting and fishing club upstream, failed after days of heavy rain and sent a wall of water down the valley, killing more than 2,000 people. Debris jammed against the stone arch of the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge in the city caught fire, adding to the destruction. This map shows the wrecked streets and riverbanks as survivors began the work of searching for the dead and clearing the ground.
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Pennsylvania |
| Original scan | 5,675 × 4,495 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | Johnstown Flood Great Conemaugh Valley Disaster A |
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