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Car Abandoned Due to Flooding

March 18, 1936

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Car Abandoned Due to Flooding
  • Title
  • Car Abandoned Due to Flooding
  • Date
  • March 18, 1936
  • Identifier
  • 20100201-ocl-0304
  • Source Identifier
  • 2009.09
  • Description
  • Days after the St. Patrick's Day Flood hit Oakmont, slushy water remains on the streets, although the water has abated. In this photo, the foreground part of Oakmont Avenue (now Allegheny River Boulevard) has almost no water left on it, but, further down the road, the water remains somewhat deep. An abandoned car sits on the left of the road, likely there since the flooding began, but now only with a slushy combination of water and snow partway up its wheels. To the left of the car, Reed's Apartments is visible. 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.)
    Reed's Apartments (Oakmont, Pa.)
    Floods--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
    Flood Damage--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
    Flood debris--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
    Snow--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
  • Source
  • Oakmont Carnegie Library Archives
  • Contributor
  • Oakmont Carnegie Library
  • Collection
  • Oakmont Historical Image Collection
  • Rights Information
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