Johnstown Flood National Memorial
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Dam abutment and Elias Unger's farm
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| Location | Croyle Township / Adams Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Nearest city | Johnstown, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Area | 164.12 acres (66.42 ha)[1] |
| Established | August 31, 1964 |
| Visitors | 111,987 (in 2005) |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
Johnstown Flood National Memorial commemorates the approximately 2,200 people who died in the Johnstown Flood on May 31, 1889, caused by a break in the South Fork Dam, an earthen structure. The memorial is located at 733 Lake Road near South Fork, Pennsylvania, about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Johnstown. The memorial preserves the remains of the dam and portions of the former Lake Conemaugh bed. The United States Congress authorized the national memorial on August 31, 1964.
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Johnstown Flood damage.
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Collapsed wall of South Fork Dam today.
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The Unger house above the dam.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- The National Parks: Index 2001–2003. Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior.
External links
- Official NPS website: Johnstown Flood National Memorial
- Run for Your Lives!: The Johnstown Flood of 1889, a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan
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- Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- National Memorials of the United States
- Museums in Cambria County, Pennsylvania
- History museums in Pennsylvania
- Protected areas established in 1964
- National Park Service areas in Pennsylvania
- Protected areas of Cambria County, Pennsylvania
- Monuments and memorials in Pennsylvania
- 1964 establishments in Pennsylvania
