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Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Johnstown Flood National Memorial © sign by NPSphotograph of sign by Brian W. Schaller / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Johnstown Flood National Memorial, Pennsylvania, United States - National Park Service sign at dam site
Johnstown Flood National Memorial © sign by NPSphotograph of sign by Brian W. Schaller / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Johnstown Flood National Memorial, Pennsylvania, United States - National Park Service sign at dam site
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JOHNSTOWN FLOOD NATIONAL MEMORIAL
JOHNSTOWN FLOOD NATIONAL MEMORIAL
733 Lake Road
South Fork, Pennsylvania   15956
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There was no larger news story in the latter nineteenth century after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The story of the Johnstown Flood has everything to interest the modern mind: a wealthy resort, an intense storm, an unfortunate failure of a dam, the destruction of a working class city, and an inspiring relief effort.

The rain continued as men worked tirelessly to prevent the old South Fork Dam from breaking. Elias Unger, the president of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, was hoping that the people in Johnstown were heeding the telegraph warnings sent earlier, which said that the dam might go. When it finally happened, at 3:10 P.M., May 31, 1889, an era of the Conemaugh Valley's history ended, and another era started. Over 2,209 people died on that tragic Friday, and thousands more were injured in one of the worst disasters in our Nation's history.

Johnstown Flood National Memorial is located in southwestern Pennsylvania, about 10 miles northeast of Johnstown. The park contains nearly 165 acres and preserves the remains of the South Fork Dam and portions of the former Lake Conemaugh bed.
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Johnstown Flood National Memorial is located near Duncansville, Johnstown and Windber


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Directions
Car - Take US 219 to Saint Michael/Sidman exit. Head East on PA 869. Turn left onto Lake Road at sign for Johnstown Flood National Memorial

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