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

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