Two People Look Across Flooded River

March, 1936

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Two People Look Across Flooded River
  • Title
  • Two People Look Across Flooded River
  • Date
  • March, 1936
  • Identifier
  • 20100130-ocl-0293
  • Source Identifier
  • 2009.09
  • Description
  • Two people stare across the flooded Allegheny River after the St. Patrick's Day flood in 1936. Many people stood on the railroad tracks above the high water mark to survey the damage. Over 130 buildings were damaged in Oakmont alone.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Oakmont (Allegheny County, Pa.)
    Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
    Oakmont Avenue (Oakmont, Pa.)
    Allegheny River Boulevard (Oakmont, Pa.)
    Floods--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
    Flood Damage--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
    Flood Debris--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
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