Edgewater Steel Across Flooded River

March, 1936

Title
Edgewater Steel Across Flooded River
Date
March, 1936
Identifier
20100201-ocl-0298
Source Identifier
2009.09
Description
This photograph looks across the swollen waters of the Allegheny after the 1936 St. Patrick's Day Flood. The additionally width of the river can be guessed at by where the submerged trees and scrub begin. Snow, still on the ground from before the flood, is evident in the foreground. On the other side of the river is Edgewater Steel's plant, which had to be shut down for quite a while afterwards to be cleaned and refurbished. Over 130 buildings were damaged in Oakmont alone.
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
Flood Debris--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Industry--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Steel Industry and Trade--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Snow--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Source
Oakmont Carnegie Library Archives
Contributor
Oakmont Carnegie Library
Collection
Oakmont Historical Image Collection
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