WOW! That I have never seen that pic. That is unbelievable. I am guessing this is looking north from the point/downtown area? I'm always amazed at how few people that LIVE in Johnstown have any sort of interest in our history.

Excellent story on the flood. I'm currently a Johnstown resident and am working on a series of hiking and biking trails that run along the Inclined Plane hillside and past the Stone Bridge. Every time I look at that bridge or walk under it I get the chills thinking of exactly what took place right where I'm walking. Our little valley is steeped in some amazing history, it's great to see a story on Neatorama about it! The City had two other major floods. One in 1936 and another in '77 which also have interesting stories. Through all of them, we have proven that we can come together and rebuild as a community. If anyone finds themselves in Western Pa, I highly recommend stopping in both the Flood Museum downtown (which used to be a library donated by Carnegie) as well as the one in South Fork at the dam site (take a ride on the world's steepest vehicular inclined plane while you're there too!). Again, great article!