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High and Low Ground in St. Patrick's Day Flood

March, 1936

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High and Low Ground in St. Patrick's Day Flood
  • Title
  • High and Low Ground in St. Patrick's Day Flood
  • Date
  • March, 1936
  • Identifier
  • 20100130-ocl-0282
  • Source Identifier
  • 2009.09
  • Description
  • Two levels of buildings are visible in this image: those on top of a hill and those at the bottom. The houses atop the hill suffer from snow alone, whereas the ones that abut the hill are both snowy and flooded. In front of the buildings are a number of curious round objects in a row in the water, which are probably the tops of the gas pumps of the Pennzoil gas station. Rows of telephone poles stand in the water. 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
    Flood Debris--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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