Austin, flood Sept 30, Pennsylvania, 1911 – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures Austin, flood Sept 30, Pennsylvania, 1911 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Austin, Pa., panoramic view after flood of Sept. 30, 1911
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Austin, flood Sept 30, Pennsylvania, 1911
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Austin, a lumber and pulp-mill town in Potter County in north-central Pennsylvania, was still rebuilding its economy on timber and tanning in 1911. On the evening of September 30, after days of heavy rain, the earthen dam holding back a reservoir above the borough gave way, and a torrent of water and debris swept down the narrow valley through the business district and the mill sites. Dozens of residents died, and many more lost homes, stores and rail-side property in minutes. The flood became one of the deadliest in the state's history, and for the people of the region the name Austin came to mean that night, not the town's lumber trade. Survivors and neighboring communities spent the following months clearing wreckage and deciding whether to rebuild in the same valley.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Creator | newman, almeron |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Pennsylvania |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,111 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Austin, Pa., panoramic view after flood of Sept. 30, 1911 |
| Reference | PA Austin, flood Sept 30, 1911 |
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