Johnstown's Flood of 1889 Power Over Truth and The Science Behind the Disaster /

• Main Author: Coleman, Neil M. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Earth.; Geology.; Technology-History.; Hydrology.; Engineering geology.; Engineering-Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Natural disasters.; Geotechnical engineering.; Popular Earth Science.; History of Technology.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Natural Hazards.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.

Science now reveals the true cause of the dam breach flood that destroyed Johnstown in 1889. The tragic loss of more than 2200 lives was preventable; the initial investigation of the flood was hijacked, delayed, and distorted by powerful members of the industrial elite. This book bridges the gap bet...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Journey into the Past - Introduction
• Dams and Society: Treasures and Troubles - Safety of earthen dams
• Genealogy of the South Fork Dam
• Changes wrought by the South Fork Fishing & Hunting Club
• Gathering of Waters - How we study rivers in flood
• Storm Clouds - Dawn of the 1889 flood
• Day of the Dam Breach - Eyewitness account of engineer John Parke
• Aftermath
• Investigation by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Post Mortem - Science reveals the true cause
• Autopsy - Probing the ASCE Investigation
• J. Wesley Powell - "The Lesson of Conemaugh"
• Conclusions
• Acknowledgements
• Technical Appendix.