Johnstown, PA, off of Highway 219--August 31, 2012
August 31st 2012 Johnstown Flood National Memorial
We didn't remember that this horrible flood happened so many years ago. On May 31, 1889 water burst from an earthen dam holding back 20 tons of water, which was 450 feet above the steel mill town of Johnstown. It killed at least 2,209 people in 10 minutes as it roared down the narrow valley sweeping everything in its path. Much of t
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