The Johnstown Flood of 1936

March 18, 1936

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Title
The Johnstown Flood of 1936
Creator
Heffley, Russell H.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
March 18, 1936
Identifier
200905.126.HF
Description
View of Johnstown from the top of the Johnstown Inclined Plane after the 1936 flood. On March 17, 1936, a combination of melting snow and three days of nonstop rain resulted in a massive flood that killed more than two dozen people, destroyed 77 buildings, and severely damaged 3,000 more. Under the direction of the Works Progress Administration, approximately 7,000 workers helped to rehabilitate the town following the flood. In the flood’s aftermath, fifteen thousand people wrote letters to President Franklin D. Roosevelt imploring him to build a flood prevention infrastructure, and he allocated $8.7 million to the Army Corps of Engineers to channelize the rivers.
Extent
8 x 10 in.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Floods
Flood damage
Rivers
Dwellings
Commercial buildings
Church buildings
Geographic Subjects
Little Conemaugh River (Pa.)
Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)
Source
Russell H. Heffley Photograph Collection, 1924- ca. 1950s
Collection
Russell H. Heffley Photographs
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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