Borough of Etna - Centennial Festivities Yearbook (Etna, PA)

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W- -, .., .. ' . . 7' oMM,y, BACHRE FIXDCHDS 1922 8: 1925 F. LL View from Windsor Hotel into lower Etna by Bridge Street F View from Windsor Hotel looking into Sharpsburg Bridge Street looking toward Sliarpsburg Klfnamel Metals Co. on left? M DX -'1 fA, 'QW ii' yu' i Q l F on i Q X1 Lge422?zre sf er' 1-2 r X if ' I' W ' X-,M 2, unix ,H 251151 -lir A ,', ' W5 W ffii?-Lf Windsor Hotel 1925 Spang's Dinkey Track looking into Wes! Etna, 1925 75

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Rbcobtb OF FLOODS ni 11411112 CREST j bleu-. 1935 26.3 . Feb. 1936 29.2 Mer. 1936 25.8 Mer. 1936 46.0 Mer. 1936 30.6 1 Apr. 1936 25.5 1 Jen. 1937 28.1 T Jeb. 1937 32.9 Jeb. 1937 34.5 Apr. 1937 35.1 Oct. 1937 27.8 1 Dee. 1937 27.5 1 Feb. 1939 25.4 Mef. 1940 28.5 1 Ape. 1940 28.2 June 1941 26.9 Dee. 1942 36.6 Feb. 1945 27.7 1 Mer. 1945 26.9 1v1.-ee. 1945 33.4 Mer. 1948 29.8 Dec. 1950 28.5 Jeb. 1952 29.7 Oct. 1954 32.4 Mef. 1956 26.5 Jeb. 1959 29.2 Ape. 1960 27.7 . Mae. 1963 26.7 Mer. 1964 27.7 Mar. 1964 31.6 1 1 Feb. 1966 27.7 ,,,,.,,- . FLOOD FACTS 1 Flood stage at Etna is 22.75 ft. Flood stage at Pittsburgh is 25 ft. 7 died in Etna during 1936 flood. Since January of 1762 water has exceeded 1. 3 flood stage nearly every year. 1 - HIGHEST FLOODS . . DATE CREST 1 Mar. V .1 1 Mar X 'N Jan. . Mar Feb. Apr. Dec. N Feb. 1 W Feb. .' ' Mar. .5 Apr. Y Apr. . M , 1936 . 1763 , 1762 , 1907 , 1832 , 1806 , 1942 6,1831 10.1816 1, 1902 19,1852 1937 46.0 40.1 39.2 32.7 38.2 37.1 36.6 36.5 36.2 55.6 35.1 35.1 - f.,..,,.f' , W5 Oil Derrick in West Etna Ball Field Bridge going from Sharpsburg into Etna Looking down Wilson Street toward Grant Avenue ! . F ,, , . xx 1 vi K9 ' 1 - 113' 1 ff . E 4: :ff 4 -4zf..e'-Q. ez.-xx. -' 1 . . . -Ji .11 . M- ' 4. fe-4 '15 is- f'f'.4f?1. A W711 ': gi , 15. 41 ' , . 3, I .. Ji 'Mfg 0 X-nag:-4f'1:.,2. .111 8 'Y '- 74 Lower Mill by 62nd,5trcel Bridge fat height of flood, F - - 5 X -K-1 ' 1.

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-11' M- 'i jf- un- ,. w-1 4 . -11 111 , .1-'-1 U .. . 1, 1 1 1 1 1 .1 n 1 5 SEPT. 6, 1926 i. 1 Hundreds of residents of Etna were routed from their beds when the muddy water of Pine Creek rose 1 5 above its bed and inundated nearby thoroughfares, at I 1 1 l ', some points rising as high as four feet above the l ' street level. s 'i Serious property damage was prevented by the timely arrival of the Etna and Sharpsburg fire com- panies and working gangs from the Carnegie steel ' W 1 works. who suceeded in diverting the water into drains along the sarious thoroughfares. 1 The most serious property damages was wrought by 1 l 1 the water on Sycamore street Etna. Every cellar was l ST. PATRICK S flooded. the water rising as high as to the ceiling of the ground floor. There being no cellars at 39 to 53 Sycamore Street, the flood rushed into the ground floors, most of them occupied as living rooms or kitchens. Occupants of these houses were routed from their slumber by firemen who aided in carrying women and children to safety. Most of the furniture was damaged although firemen and occupants of the houses succeeded in removinff some of the smaller household implements. DAY FLOOD MARCH 17- 19' 1936 ,,-- XHPE. i Freeport St, tWater t A -' 1 ,'ii f -.1 12 1 -- .,-,, ..,. I .1-.1-11,-11' .....- JL.. , I 'gs Ay 1617 1252 3 . Hr' e ..v, A ' - X, leo king town ' ,I -sl 1 w-. frun It at- at 1 9g.-.- -v v- W ,T . ..,. ,- 1 x 'V , .. qv 4 ' - ' rose almost 2'1Q ft. after this picture was taken. ' f'1J 1.1 M1 At-riul View l 1 l 1 D 1 . 1 l 1 l 1 ' 1 1 1 ' l 1 , 1 7 1 y. 1 ' ,x :Lx I 1 l P 1 5 E 1 K ' A 1 11' 1 1 1 x .4 ,B lf? S5 1 1 Z X 1'-f ' 'x Fx 1 1-e ' .' 14 1: I' X v' .5 A n. ' ' 1 l Z 1 1 , ' 1 , 5 1 ,I 1 11 , I . I if A ' ' , 111 ' '1 f f Y 4 V7 1 ' 1- ' 11 11111 11 111 1 1 1 1 , 3, - . .,1. - .1 , .1 .- ,.,.,, , 1 1 1 M1171 2 ' f 1 ,111 ',p',I, 711. qw' 1 , I f IW- ' 'his' j5Z21::,.,v111 14-6 -1 t 1 '4 ' ' ' n'f1nlf ' T' ,.w. . . , ,,,,,,,,,,.,...,.w V V A , ' fy ' 11 ' 11 J' 1 1 9 1 v ,, 1 5' .si .J X l 1 1 W ,WW , Hare' ff' .D 1 ' wana 1 ff 9'W w M l ,Wd 1 , 1 I ,M , 1 v ff mi' N ' 1 sv W ,ff 1- A r X i f l 1 1 X 1 I ll' qivfyf , 1 i W 3,4 f I ,lb I iff 4 X, 1 1 H Q 1 1 . I ' 'X 4 1 5 , 1 51 ' ' ' 1 11 ' l .1lfflIIlI ln I fl Wo livrzl .X I 1