Description: Disastrous Floods and the Demise of Steel in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Disaster, Johnstown is synonymous with floodwaters and steel. When the city was decimated by a flood of biblical proportions in 1889, it was considered one of the worst natural disasters in American history and gained global attention. Sadly, that deluge was only the first of three major floods to claim lives and wreak havoc in the region. The destruction in the wake of the St. Patrick's Day flood in 1936 was the impetus for groundbreaking federal and local flood control measures. Multiple dam failures, including the Laurel Run Dam in July 1977, left a flooded Johnstown with a failing steel industry in ruins. Author Pat Farabaugh charts the harrowing history of Johnstown's great floods and the effects on its economic lifeblood.
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MPN: 9781467150019
Book Title: Disastrous Floods and the Demise of Steel in Johnstown
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
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Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Natural Disasters, United States / 20th Century, Civil / Flood Control
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2021
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Nature, History
Item Weight: 0.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
