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Author : George Titus Ferris
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Download or read book The Complete History of the Johnstown and Conemaugh Valley Flood written by George Titus Ferris and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George T (George Titus) 1840- Ferris
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781014751355
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Download or read book The Complete History of the Johnstown and Conemaugh Valley Flood written by George T (George Titus) 1840- Ferris and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : George Titus Ferris
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282635299
Total Pages : 532 pages
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Download or read book The Complete History of the Johnstown and Conemaugh Valley Flood written by George Titus Ferris and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Complete History of the Johnstown and Conemaugh Valley Flood: Embracing Also a History of the Floods in Williamsport, Lock Haven, Sunbury, and All the Flooded Districts in the State of Pennsylvania, Also in Washington, D. C., New York, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia Chapter II. The Spectacle of the Conemaugh Valley after the Flood chapter III. Whatjohnstownwas chapter IV. The Fatal Trap and how it did its Work chapter V. Scenes and Incidents of the Great J ohnstown Tragedy chapter VI. Scenes and Incidents at J ohnstown - Continued chapter VII. The Adventures of a Hero who Saved Forty Lives chapter VIII. Perils and Terrors of the Great Flood - Continued chapter IX. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Willis Fletcher Johnson
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Total Pages : 542 pages
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Download or read book History of the Johnstown Flood written by Willis Fletcher Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Titus Ferris
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Total Pages : 144 pages
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Download or read book The Complete History of the Johnstown and Conemaugh Valley Flood written by George Titus Ferris and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frank Connelly
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Total Pages : 302 pages
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Download or read book Official History of the Johnstown Flood written by Frank Connelly and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Willis Fletcher Johnson
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Total Pages : 476 pages
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Download or read book History of the Johnstown Flood ... written by Willis Fletcher Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With full accounts also of the destruction on the Susquehanna and Juniata rivers, and the Bald Eagle Creek.
Author : Willis Fletcher Johnson
Publisher : Good Press
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Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)
Download or read book History of the Johnstown Flood written by Willis Fletcher Johnson and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication chronicles the catastrophic event known as the Johnstown Flood. The floor occurs after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam, located on the south fork of the Little Conemaugh River, 14 miles (23 km) upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. The dam ruptured after several days of extremely heavy rainfall, releasing 14.55 million cubic meters of water. With a volumetric flow rate that temporarily equaled the average flow rate of the Mississippi River, the flood killed 2,209 people and accounted for $17 million of damage (about $534 million in 2022 money).
Author : J. S. Ogilvie
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271045388
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book History of the Great Flood in Johnstown, Pa. , May 31, 1889, by Which Over Ten Thousand Lives Were Lost written by J. S. Ogilvie and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David McCullough
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416561226
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Johnstown Flood written by David McCullough and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-05-31 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stunning story of one of America’s great disasters, a preventable tragedy of Gilded Age America, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough. At the end of the nineteenth century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a booming coal-and-steel town filled with hardworking families striving for a piece of the nation’s burgeoning industrial prosperity. In the mountains above Johnstown, an old earth dam had been hastily rebuilt to create a lake for an exclusive summer resort patronized by the tycoons of that same industrial prosperity, among them Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and Andrew Mellon. Despite repeated warnings of possible danger, nothing was done about the dam. Then came May 31, 1889, when the dam burst, sending a wall of water thundering down the mountain, smashing through Johnstown, and killing more than 2,000 people. It was a tragedy that became a national scandal. Graced by David McCullough’s remarkable gift for writing richly textured, sympathetic social history, The Johnstown Flood is an absorbing, classic portrait of life in nineteenth-century America, of overweening confidence, of energy, and of tragedy. It also offers a powerful historical lesson for our century and all times: the danger of assuming that because people are in positions of responsibility they are necessarily behaving responsibly.
Author : Willis Fletcher Johnson
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465572244
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)
Download or read book History of the Johnstown Flood Including all the Fearful Record written by Willis Fletcher Johnson and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John James McLaurin
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Total Pages : 392 pages
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Download or read book The Story of Johnstown written by John James McLaurin and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After exploring the early history of the settlement and industrialization of Johnstown, the author presents in great detail the catastrophic flood that destroyed the town in 1889 and the aftermath of this disaster.
Author : Willis Fletcher Johnson
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Download or read book History of the Johnstown Flood written by Willis Fletcher Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "23 Half-tone illustrations from photographs of the flod damage. Levytype Co., Philadelphia."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 98.
Author : Willis Fletcher Johnson
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Total Pages : 474 pages
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Download or read book History of the Johnstown Flood, Including All the Fearful Record, the Breaking of the South Fork Dam, Etc written by Willis Fletcher Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R. K. Fox
Publisher : DigiCat
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Total Pages : 49 pages
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Download or read book The Disaster Which Eclipsed History: The Johnstown Flood written by R. K. Fox and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-02 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard K. Fox in this book describes the events of The Great Flood that took place on Friday, May 31, 1889. He illustrates vividly some images of people displaced during and after the flood. This book in a simple way discusses the events leading to the disaster, incidences surrounding it, and the aftermath of it all. It was a day of terror and a day to be remembered in the history of mankind. This book describes the past events that took place within our society over the years and their impact on the world today.
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Author : Willis Fletcher Johnson
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ISBN 13 : 9780788417153
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Download or read book History of the Johnstown Flood [Pennsylvania] written by Willis Fletcher Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the Johnstown flood This book, "History of the Johnstown flood," by Willis Fletcher Johnson, is a replication of a book originally published before 1889. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.
Author : Willis Fletcher Johnson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781537457581
Total Pages : 168 pages
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Download or read book History of the Johnstown Flood ... With Full Accounts Also of the Destruction on written by Willis Fletcher Johnson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-03 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Willis Fletcher Johnson (1857 - March 29, 1931), was an author, lecturer and for twenty years foreign and diplomatic editorial writer for The New York Tribune.The Johnstown Flood (locally, the Great Flood of 1889) occurred on May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam on the Little Conemaugh River 14 miles (23 km) upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The dam broke after several days of extremely heavy rainfall, unleashing 20 million tons of water (18 million cubic meters) from the reservoir known as Lake Conemaugh. With a volumetric flow rate that temporarily equalled that of the Mississippi River, the flood killed 2,209 people and caused US$17 million of damage (about $450 million in 2015 dollars).The American Red Cross, led by Clara Barton and with 50 volunteers, undertook a major disaster relief effort.Support for victims came from all over the United States and 18 foreign countries. After the flood, survivors suffered a series of legal defeats in their attempts to recover damages from the dam's owners. Public indignation at that failure prompted the development in American law changing a fault-based regime to strict liability.History The village of Johnstown was founded in 1800 by the Swiss immigrant Joseph Johns (anglicized from "Schantz") where the Stony Creek and Little Conemaugh rivers joined to form the Conemaugh River. It began to prosper with the building of the Pennsylvania Main Line Canal in 1836 and the construction in the 1850s of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Cambria Iron Works. By 1889, Johnstown's industries had attracted numerous Welsh and German immigrants. With a population of 30,000, it was a growing industrial community known for the quality of its steel. The high, steep hills of the narrow Conemaugh Valley and the Allegheny Mountains range to the east kept development close to the riverfront areas. The valley had large amounts of runoff from rain and snowfall. The area surrounding Johnstown is prone to flooding due to its location on the rivers, whose upstream watersheds include an extensive drainage basin of the Allegheny plateau. Adding to these factors, slag from the iron furnaces of the steel mills was dumped along the river to create more land for building.[6] Developers' artificial narrowing of the riverbed to maximize early industries left the city even more flood-prone.The Conemaugh River immediately downstream of Johnstown is hemmed in by steep mountainsides for about 10 miles (16 km). Today, a plaque at the scenic overlook on Pennsylvania Route 56 about 4 miles (6 km) outside Johnstown cites this gorge as the deepest river gap in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains.
