Disastrous Floods and the Demise of Steel in Johnstown

Disastrous Floods and the Demise of Steel in Johnstown

Pat Farabaugh

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FörlagThe History Press

ISBN9781439673799

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Johnstown is synonymous with floodwaters and steel. When the city was decimated by a flood of biblical proportions in 1889, it was considered one of the worst natural disasters in American history and gained global attention. Sadly, that deluge was only the first of three major floods to claim lives

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