Download or read book Recording Events of the Great Flood of 1936 written by and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reporting on devastation for Middlesex County towns abutting the Connecticut River.
Download or read book The Great Flood of 1936 written by Western Massachusetts Companies and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Floods of March 1936 written by Nathan Clifford Grover and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pictures of the Great Flood 1936 written by Hartford Fuel Supply Co and published by . This book was released on 1936* with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Flood of 1936 written by New England Power Association and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Major Texas Floods of 1936 written by Tate Dalrymple and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Hartford Times written by Hartford Times (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Evolution of the 1936 Flood Control Act written by Joseph L. Arnold and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Disastrous Floods and the Demise of Steel in Johnstown written by Pat Farabaugh and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johnstown is synonymous with floodwaters and steel. When the city was decimated by a flood of biblical proportions in 1889, it was considered one of the worst natural disasters in American history and gained global attention. Sadly, that deluge was only the first of three major floods to claim lives and wreak havoc in the region. The destruction in the wake of the St. Patrick's Day flood in 1936 was the impetus for groundbreaking federal and local flood control measures. Multiple dam failures, including the Laurel Run Dam in July 1977, left a flooded Johnstown with a failing steel industry in ruins. Author Pat Farabaugh charts the harrowing history of Johnstown's great floods and the effects on its economic lifeblood.
Download or read book A Report on the Great Flood of March 1936 in Connecticut with Supplementary Data on the Farmington River Valley Flood of March 1936 written by United States. Works Progress Administration and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Johnstown Flood written by David McCullough and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-05-31 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stunning story of one of America’s great disasters, a preventable tragedy of Gilded Age America, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough. At the end of the nineteenth century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a booming coal-and-steel town filled with hardworking families striving for a piece of the nation’s burgeoning industrial prosperity. In the mountains above Johnstown, an old earth dam had been hastily rebuilt to create a lake for an exclusive summer resort patronized by the tycoons of that same industrial prosperity, among them Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and Andrew Mellon. Despite repeated warnings of possible danger, nothing was done about the dam. Then came May 31, 1889, when the dam burst, sending a wall of water thundering down the mountain, smashing through Johnstown, and killing more than 2,000 people. It was a tragedy that became a national scandal. Graced by David McCullough’s remarkable gift for writing richly textured, sympathetic social history, The Johnstown Flood is an absorbing, classic portrait of life in nineteenth-century America, of overweening confidence, of energy, and of tragedy. It also offers a powerful historical lesson for our century and all times: the danger of assuming that because people are in positions of responsibility they are necessarily behaving responsibly.
Download or read book Connecticut River Valley Flood of 1936 written by Joshua Shanley and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the beginning of the twentieth century, the Connecticut River Valley was a thriving manufacturing hub for fabric, arms and brass. But early in the spring of 1936, nearly two feet of rain created havoc on a massive scale, killing more than one hundred people and leaving tens of thousands homeless, unemployed and without power for weeks. Patrols were conducted in rowboats on city streets. Typhoid and other public health issues complicated recovery efforts. Adjusted for today's standard, damage estimates exceeded $9 billion, and the flood helped launch FDR's Flood Control Act of 1936. Dams, reservoirs and dikes were constructed to control future flooding. Much of that system now remains in place but has gone largely unmaintained. Author Josh Shanley recounts the greatest flood in New England history and examines the potential for future floods.
Download or read book The Great Flood of 1936 written by Burton Deford Dechert and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Noah s Flood written by William Ryan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1998 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basing their research on geophysics, oral legends, and archaeology, the authors offer evidence that the flood in the book of Genesis actually occurred.
Download or read book The Great Flood written by Pittsburgh Press and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Cumberland Floods Disaster in the Queen City written by Albert L. Feldstein and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05-29 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mountain snows melted and the rains came. In 1853, thousands fled the rising water; in 1889, two days of torrential rain ravaged the city; and in 1936, the infamous St. Patrick's Day flood saw a swell of ten feet. Perched on the banks of the Potomac River, the city of Cumberland, Maryland, has been plagued by devastating floods since its foundation. Time and again, deluges have brought the city to its knees. Yet the Queen City has always risen triumphant and undimmed from the raging waters. With this stunning collection of images, historian and author Albert L. Feldstein chronicles the history of Cumberland through its floods and the valiant efforts of its citizens to stem the tide.
Download or read book 1936 1937 Great Lakes Exposition The written by Brad Schwartz and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Lakes Exposition was held in Cleveland during the summers of 1936 and 1937, drawing seven million visitors over its two-year run. The exposition was intended to observe the city's centennial anniversary and to celebrate the Great Lakes Region. It was also hoped that it would help lift the city's economy out of the Great Depression. The exposition boasted a staggering array of ever-changing national-level attractions and feature events. In a single day, exposition visitors could experience the latest technological innovations; see a world-class aquatics show; watch a Shakespearean play; ride in a blimp; and hear the music, taste the food, view the architecture, and experience the culture of 40 of the world's countries.
