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Johnstown Flood Museum

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Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood Museum
Phone:
+1 814-539-1889

Hours:
Sunday12pm - 5pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday10am - 5pm
Wednesday10am - 5pm
Thursday10am - 5pm
Friday10am - 5pm
Saturday10am - 5pm


The Johnstown Flood occurred on May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam on the Little Conemaugh River 14 miles upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The dam broke 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, 2,209 people, according to one account, lost their lives, and the flood accounted for $17 million of damage . 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.
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