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A flood of memories is preserved by this national memorial.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Bob Downing
SOUTH FORK, Pa. _The grass-covered embankments look innocent and give little clue to a deadly disaster.
The two sections of the dam, separated by 300 feet of missing structure, were once part of one of the largest earthen dams in the world.
At 3:10 p.m. on May 31, 1889, the South Fork Dam broke and sent 20 million tons of water cascading down a narrow mountain valley to bury the town of Johnstown, Pa., 14 miles away. With a roar like thunder, the wall of water as high as 75 feet and reaching 40 mph hit Johnstown, a steel town of 30,000, in 57 minutes.
More than 2,200 people died in what remains the worst inland flood in U.S. history. Tens of thousands were left homeless.
Today the National Park Service operates the Johnstown Flood National Memorial on 164 acres where the South ...
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