The Johnstown Flood

DescriptionThe Johnstown flood on May 31, 1889, virtually demolished the horsecar lines of the Johnstown Passenger Railway Company, resulting in th...

Reducere. Johnstown is synonymous with floodwaters and steel. When the city was decimated by a flood of biblical proportions in 1889, it was considered one o...

When hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, and other disasters strike, we count our losses, search for causes, commiserate with victims, and initiate...

Reducere. In this photographic history of Johnstown, readers will enjoy more than two hundred rare images, many published here for the first time, from the c...

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