Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River approx 3.8 miles downstream from confluence of Little Conemaugh & Stony Creek Rivers at Johnstown, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Summary
Significance: The project is significant example of a specialized engineering structure designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1937-38 and constructed between 1938-43. It was then the second largest flood control structure of its type and upon completion was said to be the best river channel improvement project in the country.
Survey number: HAER PA-413
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flood control
walnut grove johnstown cambria county pa
johnstown
flood
protection
project
flood protection project
conemaugh
approx
conemaugh river approx
miles
confluence
little conemaugh
stony
stony creek rivers
cambria
cambria county
pennsylvania
historic american engineering record
photo
johnstown local flood protection project
ultra high resolution
high resolution
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
Walnut Grove (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.)
,
40.32674, -78.92197
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html