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Photographer: Mike Wintermantel
Taken: May 27, 2013
Caption:
Lock Haven Flood Protection Project Marker | Additional Description:
Side D
1923 March 4 - 25.1' ("3rd Ice Flood")
city flooded twice in 48 hours
due to ice jams downstream.
1936 March 17 - 32.3' - Episcopal
church burned. CCC men helped
with clean-up. In Nov., Grant St.
Dam built at cost of $184,950.
Congress authorized a LH dike
project.
1946 May 28 - 26.2' - TEAH Hospital
surrounded by water. Fire at
the Roxy Theater.
1950 Nov. 26 - 27.8' - river rose 14' in 12
hours. LH Boat Club rescued
hundreds. 18 churches and halls
flooded. City borrowed $10,000 to
cover clean-up costs.
1964 Mar. 10 - 26.5' - Robb, Penn & St. Agnes
closed by damage. Newly-dedicated
YMCA addition flooded. 6 local
industries affected.
1972 June 24 - 31.3' - Hurricane Agnes.
$3.1 million loss on Main St. alone.
LH water and sewage plants shut down.
Total damages-$88 million (25% of
all recorded damages in all of West
Branch).
1980 June 24 - Lock Haven Flood
Protection Planning Board convenes.
From the files of Hubert F. Parker
Submitted: December 30, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p296738
File Size: 2.459 Megabytes
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