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Fence Disappears Underneath Flood Waters

March, 1936

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Fence Disappears Underneath Flood Waters
  • Title
  • Fence Disappears Underneath Flood Waters
  • Date
  • March, 1936
  • Identifier
  • 20100130-ocl-0281
  • Source Identifier
  • 2009.09
  • Description
  • The focus of this image, taken during 1936's St. Patrick's Day Flood, rests on a wooden fence, only partially visible due to the flooding. Part of the fence, on higher ground, is entirely visible, while another section is completely submerged. The foreground shows railroad tracks and the snowy ground. Over 130 buildings were damaged in Oakmont alone.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Oakmont (Allegheny County, Pa.)
    Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
    Floods--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
    Flood Damage--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
    Snow--Pennsylvania--Oakmont, Railroad Tracks--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
  • Source
  • Oakmont Carnegie Library Archives
  • Contributor
  • Oakmont Carnegie Library
  • Collection
  • Oakmont Historical Image Collection
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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