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The Johnstown Dam Collapse and Flood 1889On Memorial Day of 1889, western Pennsylvania was caught by a massive storm, unprecedented in the state's history. Heavy ...
He touches on the concerns of residents who worried that the dam holding the South Fork Hunting Club’s giant lake in the mountains north of Johnstown might burst, which it did in May 1889 ...
The burst dam sent a wall of water and debris, 40 feet high and half a mile wide, 14 miles downstream to the bustling industrial city of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. More than 2000 people lost their ...
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