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Topographical view of 1889 Floodpath Johnstown Area Heritage Association rom an atlas of Cambria County published by Caldwell in 1890. Church. Pink marks the backwash off Westmont Hill up the Stoneycreek FThe atlas was about to go to press when the Flood occurred. All the to Kernville. copies were hand-painted in watercolor to show the path of the Flood. The dam and lake are to the right of center at the top of the map. J.A. Caldwell, Illustrated Historical Atlas of Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Johnstown is in the foreground. Blue areas are the main flood wave. Philadelphia, PA: Atlas Publishing Company, 1890 Orange marks where the flood wave divided at Franklin St. Methodist ©2005 Johnstown Area Heritage Association Johnstown Flood Museum: Recipe for Disaster Map of Johnstown, 1889 before the Flood Johnstown Area Heritage Association rom an atlas of Cambria County published by Caldwell in 1889. The Flood came down the Little Conemaugh River, which enters the map FThe atlas was about to go to press when the Flood occurred. All from above. The Stone Bridge is just off the left edge of the map. This map the copies were hand-painted in watercolor to show the areas that were makes it easy to see how the Stone Bridge’s dam of debris created a filthy destroyed in the Flood. The area of downtown Johnstown that was ruined lake covering most of Johnstown. is shown in blue. Most of the buildings shown as black rectangles were crushed by floodwaters. J.A. Caldwell, Illustrated Historical Atlas of Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA: Atlas Publishing Company, 1890 ©2005 Johnstown Area Heritage Association Johnstown Flood Museum: Recipe for Disaster.

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