After the Flood, photographers flocked to Johnstown. It was the biggest story since the assassination of President Lincoln in 1865. And it was definitely a story that had to be seen to be believed!
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The Franklin St Methodist Church in the background survived the flood and protected buildings behind it.
250 houses were wiped out in the town of Woodvale.
Wrecked locomotive below the round house at East Conemaugh.
Wreckage from the 1889 Flood.
Cambria Iron and Steel office, in the background, survived the flood.
Damage at Cambria Iron and Steel factory
Wreckage from the 1889 Flood.
Wreckage from the 1889 Flood.
Wreckage from the 1889 Flood.
Wreckage of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Day Express train.
Wreckage from the 1889 Flood.
Wreckage from the 1889 Flood.
30 acres of debris piled against the stone bridge. Cambria Iron Works is visible behind the bridge.
Wreckage from the 1889 Flood.
Main Street in Johnstown after the 1889 Flood.
Wreckage from the 1889 Flood.
The flood left houses in piles.
Site of Central Park after the Flood.
The town of South Fork after the Flood passed through.
St. John’s convent survived the flood, while the main church caught fire and burned.
Ruins of St. John’s Church which burned during the Flood.
The stone bridge with debris piled in front of it.
This bridge was one of the few things left standing in Woodvale.
The Schultz house was a popular subject for photographers.
