The Johnstown flood - Main Street, looking east
Copyright by Langill & Darling. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Floods 1889 Pa.; Shelf.
Mary E. Dennison House, 245 Fayette Street, Johnstown, Cambria County,...
Survey number: HABS PA-5694 Building/structure dates: ca. 1904 Initial Construction
146 Colgate Avenue (House), Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5684 Building/structure dates: 1911 Initial Construction
Russel C. & Lucy Love House, Stable, 535 Tioga Street, Johnstown, Camb...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cambria Steel Company, Compressor Engine House, Lower Works, Johnstown...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
James Connelly House, 159 Iron Street, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
St. Mary's Greek Byzantine Catholic Church, Church, 401 Power Street, ...
Survey number: HABS PA-5742-A Building/structure dates: 1920- 1922 Initial Construction
Downtown Neighborhood, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Written data includes photocopies of location maps. Survey number: HABS PA-5670
Cambria Iron Company, Blast Furnaces No. 5 & 6 Blowing Engine House, L...
Significance: The original blowing engine house, erected about 1873, comprises the two southernmost bays of the current Blast Furnace Engine House. Importantly, the southern half of the Engine House remains la... More
Cambria Iron Company, Blast Furnaces No. 5 & 6, Lower Works, Johnstown...
Significance: The two furnaces were the largest in the area and nearly identical in size to the impressive Lucy No. 2 (1878) and Edgar Thomson "A" (1880), two of Andrew Carnegie's blast furnaces in Pittsburgh. ... More
Johnson Hall, Johnstown, Fulton County, NY
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-219 Survey number: HABS NY-3107 Building/structure dates: 1762 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000520
Johnson Steel Street Rail Company, Drawing Room & Laying-Out Floor Bui...
Survey number: HAER PA-271-A Building/structure dates: 1893 Initial Construction
Johnson Steel Street Rail Company, Drawing Room & Laying-Out Floor Bui...
Survey number: HAER PA-271-A Building/structure dates: 1893 Initial Construction
Cambria Company's store looking towards kernville, Johnstown Flood, Ma...
17839U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Cambria Iron Company, Rolling Mill Office, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cam...
Significance: The building has wrought-iron beam flooring, brick vaulting, an intersecting gable roof framed with wood rafters, and a stone foundation. It retains the stair tower featuring a wrought-iron spira... More
Cambria Iron Company, Gautier Works, 12" Mill, Clinton Street & Little...
Survey number: HAER PA-314-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1890 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 89001101
Cambria Iron Company, Gautier Works, 12" Mill, Clinton Street & Little...
Survey number: HAER PA-314-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1890 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 89001101
Cambria Iron Company, Gautier Works, 12" Mill, Clinton Street & Little...
Survey number: HAER PA-314-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1890 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 89001101
Inclined Plane Bridge, Spanning Stonycreek River at State Route 3022 S...
Significance: This single-span, pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss bridge was constructed across the Stonycreek River in conjunction with an inclined plane railway shortly after the Johnstown Flood of 189... More
Penn Traffic Building, 319 Washington Street, Johnstown, Cambria Count...
Significance: The present six-story brick building was erected in 1908, with additions made in 1924 and 1949 for the Penn Traffic Company, an outgrowth of the Cambria Iron Company's company store. When the pres... More
Johnson Steel Street Rail Company, Electrical Department & Boiler Hous...
Survey number: HAER PA-271-B Building/structure dates: 1888 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1900- before. 1925 Subsequent Work
Pennsylvania Railroad, Conemaugh River Viaduct, Spanning Conemaugh Riv...
Significance: This structure is the first large stone arch bridge among many that defined Chief Engineer William H. Brown's reputation as the Pennsylvania Railroad's "stone man." The site is also significant as... More
Cambria Steel Company, Machine Shop, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria C...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Johnson Hall, Blockhouse, Johnstown, Fulton County, NY
Survey number: HABS NY-392 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000520
Cambria Iron Company, Merchant Mill, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria C...
Significance: Originally contained four heating furnaces and a bar mill for the production of a variety of iron bars and plates. The east facade is highlighted by the original common-bond brick walls and multi... More
Horner Street Bridge, Horner Street over Stonycreek River, Johnstown, ...
Significance: The bridge is a double span, reinforced concrete, through arch bridge. Designed by Consulting Engineer Gustav A. Fink and built in 1916-17 by John L. Elder under contract to Johnstown, the bridge ... More
Horner Street Bridge, Horner Street over Stonycreek River, Johnstown, ...
Significance: The bridge is a double span, reinforced concrete, through arch bridge. Designed by Consulting Engineer Gustav A. Fink and built in 1916-17 by John L. Elder under contract to Johnstown, the bridge ... More
Horner Street Bridge, Horner Street over Stonycreek River, Johnstown, ...
Significance: The bridge is a double span, reinforced concrete, through arch bridge. Designed by Consulting Engineer Gustav A. Fink and built in 1916-17 by John L. Elder under contract to Johnstown, the bridge ... More
Horner Street Bridge, Horner Street over Stonycreek River, Johnstown, ...
Significance: The bridge is a double span, reinforced concrete, through arch bridge. Designed by Consulting Engineer Gustav A. Fink and built in 1916-17 by John L. Elder under contract to Johnstown, the bridge ... More
Cambria Iron Company, Blacksmith Shop, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria...
Significance: The blacksmith shop is the earliest surviving building of the Cambria Iron Company. The shop produced a wide range of metal products throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and c... More
Cambria Iron Company, Blacksmith Shop, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria...
Significance: The blacksmith shop is the earliest surviving building of the Cambria Iron Company. The shop produced a wide range of metal products throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and c... More
Cambria Iron Company, Blacksmith Shop, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria...
Significance: The blacksmith shop is the earliest surviving building of the Cambria Iron Company. The shop produced a wide range of metal products throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and c... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
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 fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
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 fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
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 fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
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 fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
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 fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
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 fl... More
![[Dam, south fork, after Johnstown flood, Pennsylvania]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODkvMDEvMDEvZGFtLXNvdXRoLWZvcmstYWZ0ZXItam9obnN0b3duLWZsb29kLXBlbm5zeWx2YW5pYS02NDAuanBn/40/26/webp "[Dam, south fork, after Johnstown flood, Pennsylvania]")
[Dam, south fork, after Johnstown flood, Pennsylvania]
Clara Barton Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Johnstown Calamity. The Valley of Death from Kern Hill, Showing ga...
Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Ruins at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, after the flood, May 31, 1889]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODkvMDEvMDEvcnVpbnMtYXQtam9obnN0b3duLXBhLWFmdGVyLXRoZS1mbG9vZC1tYXktMzEtMTg4OS02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "[Ruins at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, after the flood, May 31, 1889]")
[Ruins at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, after the flood, May 31, 1889]
Exterior of Catholic Church. Copyright by Langill & Darling, N.Y.C. No. 21.
![[Ruins of viaduct bridge, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, after the flood, May 31, 1889]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODkvMDEvMDEvcnVpbnMtb2YtdmlhZHVjdC1icmlkZ2Utam9obnN0b3duLXBhLWFmdGVyLXRoZS1mbG9vZC1tYXktMzEtMTg4OS02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "[Ruins of viaduct bridge, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, after the flood, May 31, 1889]")
[Ruins of viaduct bridge, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, after the flood, Ma...
Copyright by Langill & Darling, N.Y.C. No. 7. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
100 Block Clinton Street, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5673 Building/structure dates: after. 1890- before. 1900 Initial Construction
Jonathan Gardner House, 203-09 Greene Street, Johnstown, Cambria Count...
Survey number: HABS PA-5689 Building/structure dates: 1909 Initial Construction
Cambria Steel Company, West Boiler House, Lower Works, Johnstown, Camb...
Significance: Improvements to the early blast furnace plant were made in the late 1890s, shortly after the formation of the Cambria Steel Company, including the construction of new boiler houses. Dating from a... More
248-250 Iron Street (House), Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5773 Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction
Glosser Brothers Department Store, 435-449 Franklin Street, Johnstown,...
Survey number: HABS PA-5783 Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Johnstown Passenger Railway Company, Car Barns, 726 Central Avenue, Jo...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Pontoon bridge across Conemaugh river, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889
17840U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Johnson Steel Street Rail Company, 525 Central Avenue, Johnstown, Camb...
Significance: Founded by Thomas L. Johnson, who was later Progressive mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, and British-born engineer Arthur J. Moxham, the Johnson Steel Street Rail Company produced the Jaybird rail, paten... More
View of wrecked houses, looking towards Kernville, Johnstown Flood, Ma...
17844U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Johnson Steel Street Rail Company, Drawing Room & Laying-Out Floor Bui...
Survey number: HAER PA-271-A Building/structure dates: 1893 Initial Construction
View taken looking up the Conemaugh Valley, Johnstown Flood, May 31st,...
17843U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Cambria Iron Company, Gautier Works, 12" Mill, Clinton Street & Little...
Survey number: HAER PA-314-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1890 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 89001101
Cambria Iron Company, Gautier Works, 12" Mill, Clinton Street & Little...
Survey number: HAER PA-314-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1890 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 89001101
Inclined Plane Bridge, Spanning Stonycreek River at State Route 3022 S...
Significance: This single-span, pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss bridge was constructed across the Stonycreek River in conjunction with an inclined plane railway shortly after the Johnstown Flood of 189... More
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, 47 Walnut Street, Johnstown, Cambria Co...
Written data includes photocopies of floor plans. Significance: Johnstown historically was an important freight and passenger stop on the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The station's architectural gran... More
Cambria Steel Company, Machine Shop, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria C...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Cambria Steel Company, Machine Shop, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria C...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Borough of Moxham, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Survey number: HAER PA-270 Building/structure dates: 1888 Initial Construction
Johnson Steel Street Rail Company, Steel Casting Molds, 525 Central Av...
Survey number: HAER PA-271-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Horner Street Bridge, Horner Street over Stonycreek River, Johnstown, ...
Significance: The bridge is a double span, reinforced concrete, through arch bridge. Designed by Consulting Engineer Gustav A. Fink and built in 1916-17 by John L. Elder under contract to Johnstown, the bridge ... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
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 fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
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 fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
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 fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
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 fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
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 fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
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 fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
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 fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
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 fl... More
Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...
Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More
Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889. No. 5, George Hamilton, Assistant Sup...
U17835 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa. Printed on mount at bottom: Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889. Loss from 10,000 to 12,000 lives. Typed on label attached at top... More
St. Emerich's Roman Catholic Church, 600 Chestnut Street, Johnstown, C...
Survey number: HABS PA-5747 Building/structure dates: 1913 Initial Construction
First Catholic Slovak Band Hall, 716 Chestnut Street, Johnstown, Cambr...
Survey number: HABS PA-5745 Building/structure dates: ca. 1943 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1950 Subsequent Work
Johnstown Passenger Railway Company, Central Avenue, Johnstown, Cambri...
Survey number: HAER PA-258 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Johnstown & Stony Creek Railroad, Conductor's House, West of Central A...
Survey number: HAER PA-272-B Building/structure dates: 1893 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1989 Demolished
Peter Mulvehill House, 212 Mifflin Street, Johnstown, Cambria County, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Cambria Fire Hook & Ladder Company Building, 624 Broad Street, Johnsto...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Victor Faith Building, 322-324 Second Avenue, Johnstown, Cambria Count...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
St. Mary's Greek Byzantine Catholic Church, Church, 401 Power Street, ...
Survey number: HABS PA-5742-A Building/structure dates: 1920- 1922 Initial Construction
Bed of lake looking from top of broken dam, Johnstown flood, May 31st,...
17836U U.S. Copyright Office Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Downtown Neighborhood, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Written data includes photocopies of location maps. Survey number: HABS PA-5670
![Pamoramic [sic] view, Lower works, Cambria Steel Co., Johnstown, Pennsylvania](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvcGFtb3JhbWljLXNpYy12aWV3LWxvd2VyLXdvcmtzLWNhbWJyaWEtc3RlZWwtY28tam9obnN0b3duLXBhLWI4YWQwMC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "Pamoramic [sic] view, Lower works, Cambria Steel Co., Johnstown, Pennsylvania")
Pamoramic [sic] view, Lower works, Cambria Steel Co., Johnstown, Penns...
H109310 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Davenport Manufacturing Co.; April 7, 1908.
Johnson Steel Street Rail Company, General Office Building, 525 Centra...
Survey number: HAER PA-271-C Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1890 Subsequent Work
Johnson Hall, Johnstown, Fulton County, NY
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-219 Survey number: HABS NY-3107 Building/structure dates: 1762 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000520
Johnson Hall, Johnstown, Fulton County, NY
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-219 Survey number: HABS NY-3107 Building/structure dates: 1762 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000520
Johnson Steel Street Rail Company, Rolling Mill, 525 Central Avenue, a...
Survey number: HAER PA-271-I Building/structure dates: 1891 Initial Construction
Johnson Steel Street Rail Company, Pattern Storage Building, 525 Centr...
Survey number: HAER PA-271-G Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction
Cambria Iron Company, Foundry, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria County,...
Significance: The iron foundry consists of a large two-story structure with ornate brick walls and a mansard slate-covered roof. Cambria Iron Company operated the foundry not as a commercial enterprise, but ra... More
Cambria Iron Company, Gautier Works, 12" Mill, Clinton Street & Little...
Survey number: HAER PA-314-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1890 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 89001101
Cambria Iron Company, Gautier Works, 12" Mill, Clinton Street & Little...
Survey number: HAER PA-314-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1890 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 89001101
Inclined Plane Bridge, Spanning Stonycreek River at State Route 3022 S...
Significance: This single-span, pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss bridge was constructed across the Stonycreek River in conjunction with an inclined plane railway shortly after the Johnstown Flood of 189... More
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, 47 Walnut Street, Johnstown, Cambria Co...
Written data includes photocopies of floor plans. Significance: Johnstown historically was an important freight and passenger stop on the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The station's architectural gran... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Conemaugh River Viaduct, Spanning Conemaugh Riv...
Significance: This structure is the first large stone arch bridge among many that defined Chief Engineer William H. Brown's reputation as the Pennsylvania Railroad's "stone man." The site is also significant as... More
Harry M. Hay House, 143 Greene Street, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5686 Building/structure dates: 1892 Initial Construction
Cambria Iron Company, Gautier Works, Clifton Street & Little Conemaugh...
Significance: Acquired by Bethlehem Steel in 1893, the works feature one of the few remaining hand-operated rolling mils, the 12" Mill, which was closed in 1990. The buildings are largely vacant; however, part... More
Cambria Iron Company, Pattern Shop, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria Co...
Significance: The building features a distinctive mansard roof composed of timber rafters covered with an asphaltic material. Many of the original windows and decorative brick window surrounds may be seen insi... More
Cambria Iron Company, Pattern Shop, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria Co...
Significance: The building features a distinctive mansard roof composed of timber rafters covered with an asphaltic material. Many of the original windows and decorative brick window surrounds may be seen insi... More
Cambria Iron Company, Pattern Shop, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria Co...
Significance: The building features a distinctive mansard roof composed of timber rafters covered with an asphaltic material. Many of the original windows and decorative brick window surrounds may be seen insi... More
Military post on Kernville Hill, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889
Photo shows shows soldiers, river, and city ruins. 17833U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa.