South Fork Dam - Wikipedia
The South Fork Dam was an earthenwork dam forming Lake Conemaugh (formerly Western Reservoir, also known as the Old Reservoir and Three Mile Dam, a misnomer), [1] an artificial body of water near South Fork, Pennsylvania, United States.
The South Fork Dam - U.S. National Park Service
The history of the South Fork Dam is a story of an immense structure that was never given the care such a structure demanded. A time line of the South Fork Dam: 1830s -Pennsylvania constructed the Pennsylvania Main Line Canal from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh; the canal's Western Division had its eastern terminus at Johnstown.
Johnstown Flood National Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)
The South Fork Dam failed on Friday, May 31, 1889, and unleashed 20,000,000 tons of water that devastated Johnstown, PA. The flood killed 2,209 people but it brought the nation and the world together to aid the "Johnstown sufferers."
South Fork Dam (Pennsylvania, 1889) - Lessons Learned
Civil engineers in Pennsylvania designed and supervised the building of a cross-state network of railroads and canals linking Philadelphia to Pittsburgh during the early 19th century. As part of this system, a reservoir and embankment dam were built in southwestern Pennsylvania to supply water to a canal terminal in the village of Johnstown.
Plan Your Visit - U.S. National Park Service
Dec 15, 2022 · A visit to the Johnstown Flood National Memorial allows the visitor to take in the scope and size of the disaster, to see the ruins of the South Fork Dam, and to formulate their own conclusions as to who or what exactly was responsible for the destruction of the South Fork Dam.
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Feb 1, 2024 · This National Park Service Site is located at the ruins of the South Fork Dam that burst May 31, 1889. The dam unleashed 20,000,000 tons of water that devastated Johnstown. A visit to the Johnstown Flood National Memorial puts into …
History of the Dam: The South Fork Reservoir of the Pennsylvania …
The South Fork Reservoir had originally been planned and built to supply the Pennsylvania Canal with water during the dry season. Although the State Works possessed a dam across the Conemaugh east of the basin and a feeder dam for the basin on the Stonycreek, additional supplies of water were needed to maintain the level of the canal from ...
The Johnstown Flood of 1889 - Johnstown Area Heritage Association
At approximately 3:00 pm on May 31, 1889, the South Fork Dam gave way, unleashing 20 million tons of water into the valley below. In its path, were Johnstown and the surrounding communities. The Johnstown Flood would become one of the worst natural disasters ever seen in this country.
Johnstown Flood National Memorial | SOUTH FORK DAM TRAIL
Oct 6, 2021 · The South Fork Dam Trail (aka South Abutment Trail) at Johnstown Flood National Memorial is a loop that takes visitors from the south abutment overlook of the dam down to the dry lake bed of the former Lake Conemaugh and then through the …
Johnstown Flood - Wikipedia
The Johnstown Flood, sometimes referred to locally as 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, 14 miles (23 km) upstream of …