The Johnstown Flood, sometimes referred to locally as Great Flood of 1889, occurred on Friday, May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South...
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The Johnstown flood of 1977 was a major flood which began on the night of July 19, 1977, when heavy rainfall caused widespread flash flooding in Cambria...
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The Johnstown Flood was a disaster that occurred in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States on May 31, 1889. Johnstown Flood may also refer to: Johnstown...
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The Johnstown Flood: The Incredible Story Behind One of the Most Devastating Disasters America Has Ever Known is a 1968 book written by popular historian...
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The Johnstown flood of 1936, also collectively with other areas referred to as the Saint Patrick's Day Flood, was a devastating flood in Cambria County...
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major floods in its history. The Johnstown Flood of May 31, 1889, occurred after the South Fork Dam collapsed 14.1 miles (22.7 km) upstream from the city...
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The Johnstown Flood Museum is a history museum located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, dedicated to the Johnstown Flood of 1889. The museum is housed in the...
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The Johnstown Flood National Memorial is a unit of the United States National Park Service. Established in 1964 through legislation signed by President...
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South Fork Dam (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
causing the Johnstown Flood. The South Fork Dam was originally built between 1838–1853 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as part of the canal system...
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The Johnstown Flood is a 1926 American silent epic film directed by Irving Cummings, that addresses the Great Flood of 1889 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania...
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Henry Clay Frick (redirect from The Westmoreland)
part responsible for the alterations to the South Fork Dam that caused its failure, leading to the catastrophic Johnstown Flood. His vehement opposition...
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South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club (category Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania)
associated reservoir. The earthen dam failed on May 31, 1889, causing the Johnstown Flood that killed more than 2,200 people downstream. An estimated 14.3...
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The Johnstown Flood is a 1989 American short documentary film directed by Charles Guggenheim about the Johnstown Flood. David McCullough, author of the...
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the Johnstown Flood of 1889. Flash floods are distinguished from regular floods by having a timescale of fewer than six hours between rainfall and the onset...
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Andrew Carnegie (category Presidents of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York)
destroyed in the flood. The Carnegie-donated library is now owned by the Johnstown Area Heritage Association and houses the Flood Museum. The Homestead Strike...
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Philander C. Knox (category Candidates in the 1908 United States presidential election)
for fishing. The dam failed in May 1889, causing the Johnstown Flood and severe losses of life and property downriver. When word of the dam's failure...
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The Johnstown Jets were a professional ice hockey team from Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The Jets were founded in the Eastern Amateur Hockey League for the...
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Cambria County, Pennsylvania (redirect from Johnstown, PA MSA)
County (west) Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site (part) Johnstown Flood National Memorial US 22 US 219 US 422 PA 36 PA 53 PA 56 PA 160 PA 164...
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David McCullough (category Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
was The Johnstown Flood (1968), and he wrote nine more on such topics as Harry S. Truman, John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Panama...
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built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1887–88. Its upstream face was reinforced with concrete in 1929. This bridge survived the Johnstown Flood of 1889...
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Engineering disasters (section Johnstown Flood (1889))
people. The major cause was failure to allow for wind loadings. The Johnstown Flood occurred on May 31, 1889, when the South Fork Dam located on the Little...
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James Hay Reed (category Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania)
upriver of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It was responsible for maintenance of the South Fork Dam, which failed in May 1889, causing the Johnstown Flood and severe...
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Johnstown may refer to: Johnstown, Queensland, a locality split between the Southern Burnett Region and the Gympie Region, Queensland Johnstown, Nova...
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Clara Barton (category Fairfax County, Virginia, in the American Civil War)
(1968). The Johnstown Flood. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 239. ISBN 978-0671395308. Dromi, Shai M. (2020). Above the fray: The Red Cross and the making...
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at the 2000 census. The Johnstown Flood National Memorial was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. The South Fork Fishing and Hunting...
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seeking responsibility for the Johnstown Flood of 1889 against the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, stewards of the dam, Colonel Unger, its president...
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Charles Guggenheim (category Producers who won the Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award)
1984, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature The Making of Liberty, 1986 The Johnstown Flood, 1989, winner of the Academy Award for...
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The death toll from the flood of 1913 places it second to the Johnstown Flood of 1889 as one of the deadliest floods in the United States. The flood remains...
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Main Line of Public Works (category Canals on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania)
extension, the Kittanning Feeder, ran 14 miles (23 km) up the Allegheny River to Kittanning. The 1889 Johnstown Flood was caused by the failure of the South...
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Mighty Mouse (redirect from Here I Come To Save The Day)
and psychokinesis. He was also able to turn back time in 1946's The Johnstown Flood. Other cartoons, like 1945's Krakatoa, show him leaving a red contrail...
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