The South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club was a Pennsylvania corporation that operated an exclusive and secretive retreat at a mountain lake in St. Michael, Pennsylvania, near the community of South For
Clubhouse, August 2012
After the Flood at Johnstown -- Main Street
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The South Fork Dam was an earthenwork dam forming Lake Conemaugh, an artificial body of water near South Fork, Pennsylvania, United States. On May 31, 1889, the South Fork Dam failed catastrophically
South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
…50 extremely wealthy industrialists and their families. Most were based in Pittsburgh, the center of steel and related industries. The club owned the South Fork Dam and an associated reservoir. The earthen dam failed on May 31, 1889, causing the Johnstown Flood that killed more than 2,200 people downstream. An…
A modern view of the South Fork Dam. The large gap overlooked by the two wooden terraces pictured is the breach that caused the Johnstown Flood.
An 1889 stereoscope view of the dam after the flood.