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Pennsylvania - Unger House at Johnstown Flood Nat'l Memorial

Built in the 1880s by Col. Unger who was the manager of the South Fork Hunting & Fishing Club and Conemaugh Lake which would have filled the valley in the background. The Dam which created the lake collapsed 5/31/1889 and sent a wall of water downstream which killed 2,209 people. (199054)*

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Uploaded on September 27, 2019
Taken on August 26, 2019