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The Great Conemaugh Valley Disaster -- Flood & Fire at Johnstown, Pa., Kurz & Allison Art Publishers, 1890.
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Colored lithograph of the Johnstown flood from 1890.

Credit: Wikipedia Commons

Of the great floods that have devastated Pennsylvania cities and towns, none was more sudden of deadly than the Johnstown. Despite the loss of 2,209 people in Johnstown after a dam break in 1889, the Commonwealth did not pass dam inspection legislation until 1913.

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