The Johnstown Flood (1. IMDb. Edit. On May 3. South Fork Dam, which maintained a pleasure lake for wealthy Pittsburgh industrialists and their families, failed due to very heavy rains and poor maintenance by the dam's owners. The burst dam sent a wall of water and debris, 4. Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
More than 2. 00. 0 people lost their lives in the disaster. This documentary tells the story, and tells us that the disaster was easily avoidable. The Johnstown Flood (1989 film). The Johnstown Flood is a 1989 American short documentary film directed by Charles Guggenheim about the Johnstown Flood.The Johnstown Flood of May 31, 1889 was the biggest news story to hit American since the Civil War and the death of 2,000 people shocked the nation. National Memorial Pennsylvania. The flood killed 2,209 people but it brought the nation and the world together to aid the 'Johnstown sufferers.'. JOHNSTOWN FLOOD A new look at the Historic Johnstown Flood of 1889 by WALTER S MOTER FRANK. The article below appeared on pages 63-66 of CIVIL ENGINEERING (May 1988. The Johnstown Flood est un film am.
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