Flood Waters With Debris

March, 1936

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Flood Waters With Debris
  • Title
  • Flood Waters With Debris
  • Date
  • March, 1936
  • Identifier
  • 20100201-ocl-0296
  • Source Identifier
  • 2009.09
  • Description
  • The foreground of the image focuses on debris of various types floating in the high waters. In the background, the railroad tracks, just high enough to remain out of the water, can be seen. An inundated house stands on the left side of this photograph. The flood of 1936 that hit on St. Patrick's Day caused damage to over 130 buildings in Oakmont alone.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Oakmont (Allegheny County, Pa.)
    Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
    Floods--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
    Flood Damage--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
    Flood Debris--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
    Snow--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
    Railroad Tracks--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
  • Source
  • Oakmont Carnegie Library Archives
  • Contributor
  • Oakmont Carnegie Library
  • Collection
  • Oakmont Historical Image Collection
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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