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Page 1: Johnstown Flood - curee.orgcuree.org/IUSE-4/Lectures/preview/L0004.pdf · The Johnstown Flood of 1889 Dams Stormwater Ethics . Why do floods occur? 31 May 1889 (4:07 PM) Johnstown

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denuded river banks

river capacity cut in half

club hired unskilled workers to build dam, no engineering

spillway blocked, overflow pipes removed

club ignored report

club employee warns town, townspeople ignore telegraph

legendary

bombastic style

Victorian melodrama

songs

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