The Johnstown Flood National Memorial is a unit of the United States National Park Service in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. Established in 1964 through legislation signed by President L
Dam abutment and Elias Unger's farm
Johnstown Tree in House crop
A430, Johnstown Flood National Memorial, Pennsylvania, USA, sign at dam site, 2016
A427, Johnstown Flood National Memorial, Pennsylvania, USA, sign at dam site, 2016
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The Johnstown Flood, sometimes referred to locally as the Great Flood of 1889, occurred on Friday, May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam, located on the south fork of the
The John Schultz house in Johnstown after the flood
The remaining abutment of the South Fork Dam with the US-219 highway bridge downstream in the background
Remains of the South Fork Dam abutment with US-219 downstream in the background as it appeared in 1980
Remains of South Fork Dam showing construction details of the dam as it appeared in 1980