Little Conemaugh River
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The Little Conemaugh River is a tributary of the Conemaugh River, approximately 30 miles long, in western Pennsylvania in the United States.
The Little Conemaugh River runs through a channel in Johnstown, just a few hundred feet from where its confluence with the Stonycreek River forms the Conemaugh.
Johnstown Flood
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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
Little Conemaugh River
…resulting in the loss of 2,209 lives in the worst civilian disaster of the 19th century in the United States. The event is remembered to history as the Johnstown Flood. List of rivers of Pennsylvania…
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