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[Johnstown Flood (Johnstown, Pa. 1889). Removing debris at bridge, no. 17] – Vintage Print

[Johnstown Flood (Johnstown, Pa. 1889). Removing debris at bridge, no. 17] — historic photograph
[Johnstown Flood (Johnstown, Pa. 1889). Removing debris at bridge, no. 17]. Historic photograph from the Johnstown Flood collection.

(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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Step back in time with [Johnstown Flood (Johnstown, Pa. 1889). Removing debris at bridge, no. 17], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Johnstown Flood (Johnstown, Pa. 1889). Removing debris at bridge, no. 17]

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Removing debris at a bridge, the subject of this numbered view, shows the work of clearing the wreckage that the flood left behind in Johnstown. On May 31, 1889, the failure of the South Fork Dam sent a wall of water down the Little Conemaugh and Stony Creek valleys, and the rushing water swept houses, mills, and rail cars into jammed piles at the bridges along the rivers. The flood killed more than 2,000 people, and the cleanup that followed took weeks, with crews sorting timber, iron, and household goods from the tangled heaps. Photographs like this one recorded the scale of that work for a public eager to see the destruction.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1889
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,162 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-125947

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