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B&O Railroad Engulfed by the Pittsburgh Flood of 1936

1936

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B&O Railroad Engulfed by the Pittsburgh Flood of 1936
  • Title
  • B&O Railroad Engulfed by the Pittsburgh Flood of 1936
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B013.F21.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B013.F21.I01
  • Description
  • The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad near Second Avenue during the Flood of 1936. The waters of the Monongahela River have enveloped not only the B&O Railroad, but the ERTL Baking Company (pictured on the right). The 1936 flood, which began on Saint Patrick’s Day, spread rapidly through Pittsburgh and other Western Pennsylvania river communities. The flood waters continued to rise until approximately 6 a.m. on March 19, when the waters peaked at 46 feet. Thirty-six people were killed and another 500 were injured. The financial damages were estimated between $150 million and $200 million.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Flood, 1936.
    Floods--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
    Ertl Baking Company (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Liberty Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
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