The Johnstown Flood

Name: The Johnstown Flood
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 1989-01-01
Duration: 26 min
Rating: 7.333
Cast: Len Cariou

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Documentary History

On May 30, 1889 the South Fork Dam, which maintained a pleasure lake for wealthy Pittsburgh industrialists and their families, failed due to very heavy rains and poor maintenance by the dam's owners. The burst dam sent a wall of water and debris, 40 feet high and half a mile wide, 14 miles downstream to the bustling industrial city of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. More than 2000 people lost their lives in the disaster. This documentary tells the story, and tells us that the disaster was easily avoidable.

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Cast

Len Cariou

Narrator

The Johnstown Flood

Cast

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