Last summer, we looked at the devastating effects of flooding when we discussed the failure of the Lawn Lake Dam in Rocky Mountain National Park. Three people were killed, millions of dollars in property was destroyed, and the Park was left indelibly marked. But that failure, occurring at 11,000′ above sea level, was actually pretty [...]
Archive for May 31st, 2009
The Other “Great Flood”
Posted in Late nineteenth century (1865-1900), United States, tagged 1889, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, South Fork Dam on May 31 | Leave a Comment »
