Altoona Mirror7 年
Area residents recall 1977 Johnstown Flood
Photos by George Kollar/Courtesy Johnstown ... to 10,000-year occurrence” hammered the city of Johnstown. The Johnstown flood of July 20, 1977, killed 85 people, 39 of them in Tanneryville ...
来自MSN6 个月
1889 Johnstown Flood: How shortcuts, heavy rains led to the dam's 'catastrophic' failure
As we approach its 135th anniversary, we continue to look back on the events leading up to the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889. The remains of the former canal basin in South Fork eventually came ...
TribLIVE.com4 年
National Park Service's $1.2M project preserving Johnstown Flood history
It was the club’s earthen dam that broke May 31, 1889, the day of the Johnstown Flood. History shows club members did not replace draining pipes that had been removed, and screens they installed ...
WTAJ Altoona on MSN1 个月
Johnstown granted $300k for flood protection projects
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WTAJ) — A state grant of $300,000 will be used by Johnstown to evaluate flood protection projects on several ...