Johnstown Flood

Johnstown Flood is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Cambria County, dedicated 2005.

Johnstown Festival Park - 28 Johns St., at Johnstown Greenway Trail

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On May 31, 1889, a wall of water and wreckage 35 feet high traveled 14 miles from the broken South Fork Dam, destroying more than 1,600 homes and claiming 2,209 lives. Public and private efforts from across America helped Johnstown to rebuild.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1889 · Pennsylvania (western portion). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1889 · Composite: Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1889 · Virginia and West Virginia (eastern portion). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Map of Pennsylvania. 93 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1904 · Johnstown, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Pennsylvania (western portion), 1889, covering the location of Johnstown Flood, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania (western portion), 1889, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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