Last updated: March 2, 2024
Place
"The Lakebed- 70 Feet Deep in Some Places" Wayside
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Description of Wayside: The wayside is 36 x 24 inches and is surrounded by black metal. It has a black rectangular base with two rectangular pillars supporting the panel. The wayside along the Walk Through the Ruins trail.
Wayside Layout: At the top of the wayside is a thin black banner with white text. To the left is "Johnstown Flood National Memorial." To the right is "National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior." Next to the text is the National Park Service arrowhead. The title of the wayside is below the black banner in large black font. The panel one column of text and an image that covers the whole panel.
Wayside Title: The Lakebed- 70 Feet Deep in Some Places
Text: This spot was under as much as 65 feet of water when the boats of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club glided across the surface of Lake Conemaugh.
The historical photograph shown here was tkaen by a young club member named Louis Semple Clarke; it is part of a collection that was discovered 100 years after the Johnstown Flood of 1889.
Image: Two boats on Lake Conemaugh. One is a sailboat and the other is a rowboat with nine people holding oars.
Wayside Layout: At the top of the wayside is a thin black banner with white text. To the left is "Johnstown Flood National Memorial." To the right is "National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior." Next to the text is the National Park Service arrowhead. The title of the wayside is below the black banner in large black font. The panel one column of text and an image that covers the whole panel.
Wayside Title: The Lakebed- 70 Feet Deep in Some Places
Text: This spot was under as much as 65 feet of water when the boats of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club glided across the surface of Lake Conemaugh.
The historical photograph shown here was tkaen by a young club member named Louis Semple Clarke; it is part of a collection that was discovered 100 years after the Johnstown Flood of 1889.
Image: Two boats on Lake Conemaugh. One is a sailboat and the other is a rowboat with nine people holding oars.