Edgewater Steel's Flooded Pump House

March, 1936

Title
Edgewater Steel's Flooded Pump House
Date
March, 1936
Identifier
20100119-ocl-0236
Source Identifier
2003.01
Description
In the foreground, the barely visible building is Edgewater Steel's pump house. The St. Patrick's Day flood of 1936 curtailed production at riverside plants all the way to the Point in Pittsburgh. Buildings had to be cleaned, for obvious reasons, and equipment needed refurbishment to recover from its inundation. The flood caused damage to over 130 buildings in structures in the Oakmont area alone. Originally from the Moss Collection.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Oakmont (Allegheny County, Pa.)
Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
Edgewater Steel Company (Oakmont, Pa.)
Floods--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Flood Damage--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Industry--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Steel Industry and Trade--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Source
Oakmont Carnegie Library Archives
Contributor
Oakmont Carnegie Library
Collection
Oakmont Historical Image Collection
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