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Trolley Bridge during the Flood of 1936

March, 1936

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Trolley Bridge during the Flood of 1936
  • Title
  • Trolley Bridge during the Flood of 1936
  • Date
  • March, 1936
  • Identifier
  • 20100119-ocl-0255
  • Source Identifier
  • 2003.01
  • Description
  • The building on the left side of this picture, which the St. Patrick's Day flood of 1936 has partially inundated, has a sign on it that says Equitable Gas Company Pressure Regulating Station. On the right side of the image, you can see across a snowy trolley bridge. 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.)
    Floods--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
    Flood Damage--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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