Johnstown+Flood+(2)

Exclude the mishap with the posting to the wrong page. I've previously talked to Maddie regarding the essay, and she and someone(s) else have requested to do it. Therefor Cassidy and I will do the presentation?

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Yes, Brenna and I are going to do the essay. Kyle is the only one in the group who doesn't have Gibbons, but he's in my APUSH class so I'll keep him in the loop. -m

I've managed to search and find five reliable resources concerning the flood.
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 * -K**

I'm going to work toward the economic impact. The site is hating me, as is KYVL, so whatever man. I'm on the Johnstown Area Historical Association website. It's really detailed and has specifics like the members of the South Fork Hunting and Fishing club and the names of victims, if that benefits anyone. [] -m
 * I plan on researching the ecological effects the flood had on the town. ~Brenna**

The following link is a good resource from the New York Times--it covers multiple days following the flood itself: [] ~Gibbons

Here is the link and citation to a source that might be valuable to our work. [|http://eds.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=8&sid=3a9de63e-48f8-422c-ad1d-51fe260f3caa%40sessionmgr114&hid=117&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=96230074]

GEORGE, K. (2014). Remembering the Johnstown Flood 125 Years Later. //USA Today Magazine//, //142//(2828), 56-58.

[|http://eds.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=11&sid=3a9de63e-48f8-422c-ad1d-51fe260f3caa%40sessionmgr114&hid=117&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=45366814] Perkins, S. (2009). Deadly Johnstown Flood matched torrential force of Mississippi River. //Science News//, //176//(11), 10. -Cassidy

Here are some videos that might be able to be used on the presentation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxXGh65IjiY

[] -Cassidy

I'm reading "History of the Johnstown Flood" from Berea College. It's the super old one. The entire book is available online as well. []

It has a lot of good stuff about the make of the structure and the events leading up to the dam breaking. The South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club (forever known as SFHFC because I'm too lazy to write that every time.) built the dam for $17,000. It was 380 ft at the base, and was thinned toward the stop to 35ft. Was finished in1881. The original clearance was not enough when it rained, so 5ft of rock was to be added. The water rose while working was going on, so the workers just added debris on top. Was made of shale, clay, and straw during work. Was made of wood and stone generally, with dirt and stone to stop leaks. Sluiceway should have been put in to accommodate excess, but never was. The dam was not intended to have any water flow over it. The pond was stocked with fish, and was generally unused apart from fishing for 25 years. Over those 25 years, the dam was not maintained. The waste gates were not opened during that time so the fish would not escape. Mr. Montgomery inspected the dam five years before the flood, and said it needed repairs, but was perfectly safe, as long as water couldn't flow over it. *cue foreshadow music here* It has rained hard on the days leading up to Friday, May 31. Funeral services were being held for Civil War casualties. The Stony Creek and Conemaugh river were swollen, and the little South Fork was high. The lake was higher than it had ever been. The dam honeycombed, leaking at first, then the pressure of the water gave way. Time Frame: An employee of the SFHFC believed that the stones in the middle of the dam sunk down and created an arch before the dam split in half like a gate. He also believed that if regular maintenance had been done in the spring, the disaster could have been avoided. There were people working on the dam as it broke. The Cambria Iron Works factory was trashed. (economic impact) The Pennsylvania Railroad tracks were covered. Broke down the barbed wire factory and the tannery. Destroyed Gautier Steel Works. 16,000,000 tons of water fell 500ft "avalanche of death"
 * //Several warnings were given, and ignored.//**
 * 2:00 pm** The water continued to rise, and began to break the dam. Men were sent to warn the towns in the valley.
 * 3:00 pm** The dam finally broke, along with the lake feeders, and came down the valley at 3,00,00 gallons an hour.

~M

//Some of this may be a repeat of what Maddie said but these were my notes over the first 24 min. of the video we watched.// //Google Johnstown Flood Richard Dreyfuss to watch// //~Brenna//
 * //The houses were made of cheap wood.//
 * //It took 15 years to make the dam, with water tight clay along with one spillway.//
 * //Then it got bought (I am not sure who the buyer was.) when they bought it they removed 5 cast-iron pipes that were placed there to regulate the water level. soon after the pond became a lake.//
 * //They tried to relive the spillway but they had waited to long and it had became rusty.//
 * //The people did not have much time to get out after they were warned about the breaking... however even with the warning the people didn't listen and did not leave their homes.//
 * //At 3:10pm the center of the dam gave way, a wake of 50ft high moving approximately 40mph to Johnstown with four towns in between.//
 * //Everything in the floods path was first swept up then carried away.//
 * //All rescue was impossible, the only way people survived was by taking the warning serious and going up to the mountains.//
 * //Earthen dams have the ability to last along time, as long as water does not enter the structure.//

//I have found a website that says who built the dam and the official death toll which I think is valuable.// //[]// ~Brenna