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On March 17 and 18, 1936, the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, witnessed the worst flood in its history when flood levels peaked at 46 feet (14 m). This flood became known as The Great St. Patrick’s Day flood, and also affected other areas of the Mid-Atlantic on both sides of the Eastern Continental Divide.
The 1945 flood of the Ohio River was the second-worst in Louisville, Kentucky, history after the one in 1937 and caused the razing of the entire waterfront district of the neighborhood of Portland. Afterwards, flood walls were erected around the city to 3 feet (0.91 m) above the highest level of the '37 flood.
Pittsburgh flood of 1936; T. 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak This page was last edited on 2 May 2020, at 02:29 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Edison power plant in Williamsport, Maryland, after the March 18, 1936 flood, surrounded by water from the Potomac River. The facility later became the R. Paul Smith Power Station.
The Great Saint Patrick's Day Flood is a short historical novel for children by the American writer Mildred S. Flaherty based on events of the Pittsburgh Flood of 1936 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [1] Set in March, the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers are rising. Eleven-year-old Billy Flynn and his seven-year-old brother Tommy are happy ...
1936 Pittsburgh Flood of 1936: Flood Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area $3,000,000,000 (2006) 69 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake: Earthquake San Francisco Bay Area, California: $6,000,000,000 (1989) Including 42 deaths due to the collapse of the Cypress Street Viaduct: 68 1994 American Eagle Flight 4184: Accident – aircraft Roselawn, Indiana: 66 1888 ...
1936 Northeastern United States flood; P. Pittsburgh flood of 1936 This page was last edited on 27 April 2023, at 02:45 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Flood: 115 Los Angeles Flood of 1938: Los Angeles 1937 Flood: 385 $500 thousand Ohio River flood of 1937: Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois: 1936 Flood: 69 $250 million ($4.66 billion in 2020) Pittsburgh Flood 1936: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area 1935 Hurricane: 423 Labor Day Hurricane of 1935: Florida 1931 to 1939 Drought: Unknown $1 million ...