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- Very Loosely Based on a True Story: There certainly was a disastrous flood caused when the South Fork Dam failed in 1889. But the entire story of Tom the engineer giving warnings, Hamilton the mill owner ignoring them, the love triangle, Anna's race to warn the town, is all fictional.
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The Johnstown Flood, a 1989 short documentary film which won the Best Documentary Academy Award in 1990. In the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, when New York City is flooded in the episode "20,000 Leaks Under the City", Burne Thompson says it is the biggest story since the Johnstown Flood.
The Johnstown Flood. Episode aired Nov 4, 1991. 51m. IMDb RATING. 6.9 /10. 129. YOUR RATING. Rate. Play trailer 1:21. 1 Video. 6 Photos. Documentary Biography History. Exploding dam kills thousands in massive flood catastrophe in Pennsylvania in 1889. Director. Mark Bussler. Writer. Charles Guggenheim. Stars. Richard Dreyfuss. Patrick Jordan.
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- Mark Bussler
- 1991-11-04
- It was the worst flood in U.S. history. To this day, the 1889 Johnstown flood remains the worst disaster by dam failure in all of American history. Its official death toll rests at 2209 people, including 99 families and 396 children (though it’s likely some victims were never accounted for).
- The Johnstown Flood was a product of neglect. Investigating potential causes, many historians have pointed the finger to the dam’s neglectful administrator, the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club.
- Warnings to repair the dam had been ignored. Fearing for the security of his own businesses, Daniel J. Morrell, a general manager of the Johnstown-based Cambria Iron Company, had sent his own engineers to inspect the dam years before its total failure in 1889.
- The people of Johnstown didn’t believe the dam would fail. The South Fork Dam failure didn’t go completely unnoticed. On the morning of the disaster, John Parke, an engineer hired by the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club to inspect their sewage system, tried in vain with a few other men to reinforce the structure and prevent complete failure.
Nov 13, 2009 · The South Fork Dam in Pennsylvania collapses on May 31, 1889, causing the Johnstown Flood, killing more than 2,200 people. Johnstown is 60 miles east of Pittsburgh in a valley near the ...
Nov 8, 2022 · Updated November 9, 2022. On May 31, 1889, the Johnstown Flood killed more than 2,200 people in southwestern Pennsylvania when the long-neglected South Fork Dam suddenly gave way. Like many other towns in the Rust Belt, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a bustling community in the late 1800s and early 1900s when the steel industry was at its height.
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Aug 7, 2014 · Casualties from the flood disaster totaled 2,209 people, including 99 families and 396 children. This year marked 125 years since the flood waters of Lake Conemaugh ravaged Johnstown, but residents still speak about the flood of 1889 as if it were a recent memory. Since 1889, Johnstown has been hit by two other devastating floods, in 1936 and1977.
May 17, 2023 · Past PA. The Johnstown Flood. Episode 3 | 10m 55s |. My List. The Johnstown Flood was one of the worst natural disasters in American history. It caused an unprecedented level of destruction and...
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