https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/general daily 0.75 2024-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563336334295-0U82LTQ108XHQIGRZVX0/me_1968.JPG General This is me at my Grandpap Joseph Thomas’ house in the Valley View/Benshoff Hill section of southern Middle Taylor Township now Taft Street. Date was around 1968. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1586397989248-JES1LU53GSAKXNLT07KQ/Combine.JPG General In July 2014, while my wife Judi and I were visiting my father-in-law Steve Yahner (now deceased) in Patton PA, he had mentioned that they (Yahner Farms) were out and about at several locations harvesting with the combines. We insisted to go see and drove outside of town and found our cousin Rick Yahner running the combine. Just as a note, I had known Rick even prior to getting married to Judi from my wrestling days in high school and I wrestled with his brothers Rob and Dave at UPJ. Anyways, we stopped and got out to take a picture. He (Rick) saw me and stopped and insisted that I jump in and ride with him in the combine. By luck or destiny, it just so happened that a reporter from the the Altoona Mirror newspaper at that very moment was driving an Route 36 and stopped to take a picture of us. It was the front page headline in the Altoona Mirror Saturday edition the next day. It was a real special moment for me for some reason as it “combined” my life all together as one - agriculture, Cambria County, being married, my wife’s family, my father-in-law, my family, my wife, Pennsylvania, Virginia, thoughts of conservation and nonpoint source pollution, thoughts of my work with the Envirothon team in Virginia, thoughts of the Yahner family legacy, and thoughts of wrestling. I was so proud plus it was really, really cool riding in the combine on such a beautiful summer day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567907134098-B7G88IA73SYMYXJ0W5BY/Hecks+baseball.JPG General Little league baseball photograph and some statistics of All-Star team participation while in the Lorain-Moxham little league. Date is 1979. I saw an article in the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat that this Lorain Moxham little league baseball field is to be razed to make room for another rental picnic shelter (2020). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1582436811615-FFRYD40FOUXJUQDYMY3H/UPJ+team+photo+1987+1988.JPG General PItt-Johnstown wrestling team my senior year 1987-1988. I am the third from right in the front row. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564875748275-N3VRNZJGBXGTZBX9V1C8/SCAN0327.JPG General Old family photograph of my dad John E. Thomas (left) and my Grandpap Joseph Thomas (right) taken along the road at my grandfather’s house now Taft Street in the Valley View/Benshoff Hill section of Middle Taylor Township. Exact date unknown, probably around the mid 1960’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1582258107853-Q4XHGUAZREM2HKLYA2K7/Scott_wrestling+at+upj.JPG General Starter with the Pitt-Johnstown wrestling team 1984 - 1988. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1585199084170-IVMDHMS0FMEKGJR34MUB/Scott_1984Regionals_semifinal.JPG General Ferndale Area High School senior year wrestling at the PIAA Class AA Northwest Regional wrestling tournament in Clarion PA in spring of 1984. This was a semi-final match in the 112 lb. bracket. Went on to win by a score of 9-8 in a very close match in the finals to became Ferndale’s first ever regional champ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564701441744-BUY0GCUHBA6NG1PZGYYT/Middle+Taylor+stutzman+school.jpg General Former Middle Taylor Stutzman School building, which housed Kindergarten through 4th grade. It is across from the Middle Taylor Township Volunteer Fire Company fire hall on Benshoff Hill Road and is now the township municipal building (source Middle Taylor Township facebook page). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1585198312985-NAJWKGQAE56HUHSYH8QQ/scott+and+dad.JPG General This is a very young me with my dad John E. Thomas in the spring or summer of 1968. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1585198361582-8IUXAAPCLCXVFROLLG5Z/scott+and+mom.JPG General This is a very young me with my mom Nancy J. (Zahoran) Thomas during Christmas in 1967. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1585355385738-QS4C27KVWL7LF5TZU9C8/brothers.JPG General One of the few pictures I have of me and my brothers all together in a nice formal picture setting. Again it was a long, long time ago probably around 1990 or so. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1634854280824-EBL3PLABC5LGHAP4OY9J/The+crew.jpg General - Make it stand out This is a picture of the “crew” from Middle Taylor, circa our senior year 1984. In front single is Ray Murgas “Purge” and in back from left to right is me, then Ray Balog “Balog”, Andy Herbert “Pubes”, and last on the far right is my cousin Rick Rokita “Legba”. The picture actually has the date showing December 1984. It was a get together at our house for my birthday. Unfortunately two of my best friends from growing up are now deceased, way too young - Andy and Ray Balog. Both are missed dearly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1632189547455-9TMB2F3YWKNWPQRKFR8F/My+grandpaps.JPG General - Make it stand out Both of my “grandpaps” are in this photograph, having a good time and drinking down some cold brews probably after a hard week at work and probably bought from Schultz’s beer distributor in Cambria City and chilled in the old fridge in the garage. On the left is Grandpap Joseph Thomas from on my Dad’s side and on the right is my Grandpap Joseph “Cac” Zahoran from on my Mom’s side of the family (date unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/2907f7e4-df9d-4014-919c-899607e70d86/jtowncanals.jpg General - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563415486765-LJIFR5EXNDW69FE09HNG/scott_little+1.jpg General This is me at our house in the Valley View/Benshoff Hill section of southern Middle Taylor Township now Taft Street. Date was probably around 1968 or 1969. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1582436652608-F4FK9WV8BXWO18Q3X13K/Andy+scott+rick+jeff+blue+coaches.JPG General Old photograph of Ferndale Elementary wrestling coaches. I am in the back row on the right. My best friend Andy Herbert (now deceased) is next to me. Bottom row left is Jeff Blue and to the right is my cousin Rick Rokita. Exact date unknown but probably around 1986. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1582436731895-Z4KZHPMVLXXUA22S1FNA/House+2.JPG General This photograph and the one above are old photographs of what used to be our house and yard in the Benshoff Hill/Valley View section of southern Middle Taylor Township, now Taft Street. The top view is looking from the yard toward the house (north) and this view is off of our back porch deck looking toward the side of the house (west). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564891252974-H1HWHPEJRG6WJ575B316/Middle+Taylor+Township.JPG General Map of the jurisdiction of Middle Taylor Township, Cambria County (Johnstown) PA. Jackson Township is at the top of the map (north), East Taylor Township is to the right (east), Minersville and the Conemaugh River in the Cambria City section of Johnstown are at the bottom (south), and West Taylor Township is to the left (west). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1586221890409-ZFR54L3K9WAQ9ADYBI39/family.jpg General My family - my boys Jarin, Joshua, Curtis, Shane and my wife Judi taken a long time ago probably in the fall of 1999. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1570412969581-66JIMNYGD4QN6829FB8R/Reunion_scott+and+judi.JPG General This is me with my beautiful, wonderful wife Judi at the Yahner family reunion at Patton Park in northern Cambria County, Patton PA (July 2018). On the date of this photograph we had been married for 22 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567907212324-0KZHVX1PN6CNRKWY042N/MT_house_3.JPG General Old photograph of what used to be our house and back yard in the Benshoff Hill/Valley View section of southern Middle Taylor Township, now Taft Street. This is a view off of our back deck looking directly south. Cambria City is beyond the trees and way down the hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563415653113-FXDEIBKSMTJMCDLK1PPF/scott_+kindergarden.JPG General Kindergarten class of Middle Taylor, Stutzman School, across from the Middle Taylor Taylor Township Volunteer Fire Company fire hall. I am just to the left of the teacher Ms. Bantley-Leverknight (1971-72). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563336534936-298ZNYXFUAOTQPBARW4G/Scott_coach_FAelem_3.JPG General Coach of the Ferndale Area Elementary wrestling team (back right). The other coach is my good friend Roger “Jim/Spider” Metzgar. Exact date unknown but probably was around 1990. Photo was taken in the Ferndale Area High School gym on Harlan Avenue. https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/about daily 1.0 2024-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/47406749-0b69-4f45-a858-3efc285ac83a/161346.jpg About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1578196922194-DFBXZTX6QYF822YWR73Z/cemetery.JPG About This is an aerial image of the Benshoff Hill Cemetery and the Pleasant Hill Church of the Brethren. Benshoff Hill Road is on the right side (Google Earth 2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/61f24486-22eb-45a1-a01a-f4c7548d9694/firehall2.jpg About - Make it stand out Across Benshoff Hill Road at the “Stutzman” school building is the very recognizable Middle Taylor Township Volunteer Fire Company building which has been a centerpiece of the community for decades (September 2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564703244799-B4CVZGJ7L0Q8XCY1X1UU/hinckston+run+falls+1.jpg About Perhaps the most famous geographical feature of Middle Taylor Township is a water fall situated just below the Hinckston Run Reservoir (dam). Below the falls, the Hinckston Run stream reforms and traverses in a south direction to Johnstown to empty into the Conemaugh River in the Minersville section of Cambria City in the City of Johnstown. The stream is severely polluted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/4ed11668-5dc1-451d-acf2-573f9fe80c2e/HONAN+AVENUE+TRAIL+SIGN+ROSEDALE+COMMUNITY+v3+proof.jpg About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567040756113-DU66R4ULJOIQEIGG4O3C/Hinckston_photo+1.jpg About Another recognized infrastructure feature of Middle Taylor Township is the Hinckston Run Reservoir and dam (Note: Source of photograph and date unknown). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/9271bf97-ba25-43e9-a373-68c8a441cc39/Johnstown+area+%28general+map%29.JPG About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/a76f7756-9e99-4279-a5d8-9a2718952d25/MTT+2.jpg About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/dbfdb50c-a7be-46b8-855c-da695062b3f4/stutzschoolplacard1.jpg About - Make it stand out The placard above the door frame of old “Stutzman” school building in Middle Taylor Township (September 2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/f6a9dfb7-1dee-4f7f-92ef-ac9278175e13/stnickcem1.jpg About - Make it stand out Another well-known feature of Middle Taylor Township is the Saint Nicholas Cemetery which is located on a steep hillside adjacent to Benshoff Hill Road just south of the firehall and municipal building (September 2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/d4d57c56-0f8b-496f-a15c-7bd297abc709/stutzschool1.jpg About - Make it stand out The old “Stutzman” school building in Middle Taylor Township which is where I attended Ferndale Elementary School Grades K through 4. The old school is now the township municipal building (September 2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564706521417-3E32RXXYLYPEN0RBY5HY/cambria+city+sign.jpg About Historical marker dedication in the Cambria City section of the City of Johnstown outlining some of the immigrant history associated with this particular part of the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1578197209690-DDP4NSUC8V7UNU0A2QH8/firehall.JPG About This is an aerial photograph of the Middle Taylor Township fire hall (left - west) and the old school building. Benshoff Hill Road separates the two buildings. The old school is now a municipal building for the township (Google Earth 2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1579740155483-1SPDVVS5H1N3VO69X128/MTschool2.JPG About This is an amazing vintage rendering of the old “Stutzman” school building and adjacent parking, playground, and sports field area at Benshoff Hill, Middle Taylor Township, Cambria County (Johnstown) PA. I went to this school from K- through 4th grade. This washed view is how I will always remember this school in my mind (Note: source and date of rendering unknown). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/9062603d-f771-4cca-bd56-a085e3a2256a/0718221112.jpg About - Make it stand out Welcome sign coming into Middle Taylor Township from the south from the Cambria City, Minersville section of the City of Johnstown which is up along the main state road known as Benshoff Hill Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1565574289247-7Z0ZS47DKNLFD3IX5ROG/cemetery.jpg About A serene feature of Benshoff Hill, Middle Taylor Township is the Benshoff Hill Cemetery which is located near the Pleasant Hill Church of the Brethren. Many of my own family members, friends, and neighbors are buried in this cemetery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/f08e8752-5d22-4117-8909-6f5c16f0e711/Pleasant+Hill+Church+of+the+Bretheren.JPG About - Make it stand out A very well-known landmark of Benshoff Hill, Middle Taylor Township is the Pleasant Hill Church of the Brethren (Note: Source of photograph and date unknown). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/a198fef0-3a5e-4ebb-994f-bab5be677c92/rosedale+sign+2.JPG About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1569382104899-QD0VZQK0VATDF6IY61T2/MTTT_location+map.JPG About LOCATION - This is a general boundary and road map of Middle Taylor Township, Cambria County (Johnstown), Pennsylvania. The Hinckston Run Reservoir (dam) is the large blue color feature shown at the top right (northeast) part of the map. The Conemaugh River is the skinny and windy blue color feature at the bottom left-hand corner (southwest) of the map. https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/research-1 daily 0.75 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564869295969-HO5E4SRYA51O1RV75B5O/air+pollution+3.jpg Research 1 This is just a representative photograph showing air pollution from an industrial activity. It is not the Bethlehem Steel Corporation Rosedale coke plant (location unknown). However, if you look at the family photograph with the coke plant in the background in the “Introduction 1” section of this website, there is really not much of a difference. https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/research-5 daily 0.75 2024-12-08 https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/introduction daily 0.75 2024-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563161498934-3DIPD5T1UJQ9RHYQYBXC/mill+photo+%28dumping+slag+down+hill%29.jpg Introduction Coke plant slag being dumped at a disposal site (unknown location). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/732de2ba-052d-42c8-9219-b86f8d8e47a0/steel+2.JPG Introduction - Make it stand out Collage of various steel mill operations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563333242360-WI118OCQAIKSHLP9YBQ3/Brownstown+vintage+photo.jpg Introduction Vintage view of the Cambria City, Minersville section of the City of Johnstown as taken from the Brownstown hillside. The Bethlehem Steel Corporation Rosedale coke plant in the Hinckston Run stream valley can be seen in the back far right corner. As a point of reference you can see the Resurrection Church (formerly St. Stephens) with the pair of green steeples on 4th Avenue in the middle of the picture. The Benshoff Hill/Valley View section of south Middle Taylor Township is on the hill above the coke plant just to the left (date unknown). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/c34b235b-64a0-4ce9-b0d7-5d12e19eef62/cambria+city+rosedale+valley+shot+1.jpg Introduction - Make it stand out Similar to the above photograph, here is another older vintage view of the Cambria City, Minersville section of the City of Johnstown as taken from the toe of the Brownstown hillside. The Bethlehem Steel Corporation Rosedale coke plant in the Hinckston Run stream valley can be seen in the back far right corner (north part) of the photograph. The “Knob” in the Benshoff Hill/Valley View section of south Middle Taylor Township is the large hill beyond the row houses in Minersville on the left (west) side of the picture. (source and date unknown). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563333088050-IKONO0228EFPXZXCMVRK/mill+photo+%28rosedale+coke+plant+aerial%29.jpg Introduction Vintage aerial view of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation Rosedale coke plant with the Valley Benshoff Hill/Valley View section of south Middle Taylor Township just above (north). Note lack of tree canopy on the hillside (date unknown). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563334519348-RSGBC9NXSHT1S186V0OZ/aerial+cambria+city+3.JPG Introduction From the opposite perspective of the above two photographs, this is a picture I took of the city with my own Polaroid camera just after the July 20, 1977 flood from the “Knob”. The “Knob” was a high topography area just to the north of the Minersville section of the City of Johnstown and the Conemaugh River. Note again not many trees at the time. The “Knob” was situated just southwest of where our house was in the Benshoff Hill/Valley View section of southern Middle Taylor Township. I spent a lot of time in my youth adventuring at this spot which was close to our house. It was really neat to watch the trains go across the historic Stone Bridge from this vantage point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563332778255-D87MCGVFQ8FX5RU7QGP8/mill+photo+%28dumping+slag%29.jpg Introduction Slag dumping at a waste disposal site (unknown location). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564703403242-SURXKEEBRYNMHVB9YPLQ/cambria+city+mill+1.JPG Introduction Old photograph of the Cambria Mill of Johnstown Plant Bethlehem Steel in the Cambria City section of the City of Johnstown. This building is along the Conemaugh River near the historic Stone Bridge at Roosevelt Boulevard. This site and industrial building was and still is a highly recognizable feature to most folks and was part of the original Cambria Iron Works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563333692144-6OIMOKTT4YAIPOQ7IRAU/johnstown+coke+plant+4+aunt+pat.jpg Introduction Family photograph capture from our family home movies, Super 8mm Bell & Howell. The capture is from an actual 23 second video clip from our family home movies which is provided below. It was taken from my Grandpap Joseph Thomas’ house on the “Hill” in the Benshoff Hill/Valley View section of south Middle Taylor Township now Taft Street. His house was located just to the northwest and uphill from the former Bethlehem Steel Corporation (BSC) Rosedale coke plant complex on Honan Avenue in the Hinckston Run stream valley. You can see the plume of smoke from active coke plant operations in the background. The date is from around 1970 and this is my Aunt Pat (Thomas) Furman in the photo. She is now deceased. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1583289623296-IX5T9E7JV02MGC2YXGYJ/grandpap+at+bush+2.JPG Introduction Another photograph of my Grandpap Joseph “Cac” Zahoran (date unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1588821608157-E0GD0R42KA82XI919Y9I/Johnstown+2.JPG Introduction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1630116150703-V473D9ZNWS0UKD9845SC/Our+house+and+grandpap+T+house+in+relation+to+coke+plant.JPG Introduction - Make it stand out This map shows the location where the above picture and video was taken at my Grandpap Thomas’ house which is at the green dot approximately 1/3 of a mile northwest from the Bethlehem Steel Corporation (BSC) Rosedale coke plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563332637681-89RBGAW7KRB9YKGVROS6/mill+photo+%28red+air+pollution%29.jpg Introduction The “Orange Glow” in the sky from from steel mill and slag dumping operations (unknown location). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/ae572c18-99ea-40e6-9402-da1f2e1273bb/steel.JPG Introduction - Make it stand out Collage of various steel mill operations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563333959984-B968P0R1MQUPL5A3T6XH/johnstown+wire+mill+last+crew+1989.jpg Introduction This photograph was in the iron and steel gallery part of the Heritage Discovery Center on Broad Street in the Cambria City section of Johnstown. My uncle “Rat” (Bob Thomas) is sixth from the left in the second row near the upper-right hand corner of the sign. He was part of the last crew to work at the rod and wire mill at the far west end of Broad Street near the Coopersdale section of the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1582256794294-O3IXTL7T26MV8A58LIP3/mill+photo+%28cambria+iron+works+map%29.jpg Introduction Old schematic sketch map showing the Cambria Ironworks layout. The confluence where the Little Conemaugh River and the Stonycreek River merge to form the Conemaugh River at the historic Stone Bridge is in the center of the map. The Cambria City and Minersville section of the City of Johnstown is at the far right (north) where the Conemaugh River bends upward to the west. It is unclear why the part of the city to the far left (south) along the Stonycreek River is called “Minerville”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1582437098985-600CR43Y09XNQAP0RIO3/House+1.JPG Introduction Old photograph of what used to be our house and back porch/deck in the Valley View/Benshoff Hill section of southern Middle Taylor Township, now Taft Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563161435146-9QJOYSSI0YHL6H3V0EV2/BSC_logo.jpg Introduction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563333167527-9H1WTICIDOWSNLZCWZTK/Rosedale+coke+plant+%28panoramic+view%29+1922.JPG Introduction This is a cover page of a 1922 steel mill industry article highlighting the old Cambria Steel Company Rosedale coke plant. The roadway behind the plant is now Honan Avenue. This full article is in the “Research 2” section of the website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/711644ae-b655-4567-854d-b431ac95e732/bscgreenlogo2.jpg Introduction - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564875468254-0HDFFDJJMRDHKMCN784F/Photo+3.JPG Introduction Photograph of my Grandpap Joseph “Cac” Zahoran in the yard at his house on Valley View/Benshoff Hill now Taft Street. Probably in the mid 1970’s. The house where we grew up is in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1593363327245-QXPTBSHG47PP06H62N4O/Cambria+city+photo.jpg Introduction Here is a vintage (older) view of the same perspective as above, from the “Knob” looking down to the Minersville section of Cambria City in the City of Johnstown. The Conemaugh River is in the center of the picture. A mining area is present cut into the hillside to the left. (source and date unknown). https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/images-1 daily 0.75 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563165227184-PX633GHW23J46DUN2FO6/Middle+Taylor+Township.JPG Images 1 MAP 2 - Township boundary map. Note that Hinckston Run Reservoir (dam) is to the north at the top right of map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563165343586-IDY2ITNM291MNLQUNUOS/Vicinity+map.JPG Images 1 MAP 1 - Vicinity map of the Greater Johnstown area. Middle Taylor Township is just above (north) of where it says Johnstown. The Hinckston Run Reservoir (dam) is above where it says “East Conemaugh”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563165408872-7LX06QBCJMRSJ16A5Y6P/Scott_location+map.JPG Images 1 MAP 7 - General aerial imagery map of where our house was located in the Benshoff Hill/Valley View section of southern Middle Taylor Township and the relationship to the site of the former Bethlehem Steel Corporation Rosedale coke plant and the Riders Dump (Rosedale) Disposal Area. The disposal area is the large grey colored area situated on the upper-right hand (east) side of the map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563165452596-YWBOA9TCV3QK1U72L6UI/Google+pro_Benshoff+Hill+1.JPG Images 1 Map 9 - Aerial imagery map of our neighborhood in the Benshoff Hill/Valley View section of southern Middle Taylor Township. The house we lived in was the structure near the middle of the page where you can see a bright white roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563328989839-DVSQK99GCJ8VFB7E0887/Ring+map+%28one+half+mile+from+house%29.JPG Images 1 Map 10 - One half mile ring from where our house was in the Benshoff Hill/Valley View section of southern Middle Taylor Township. The Conemaugh River is in blue color in the bottom left hand (southwest) corner of the map. Our house was well within one-half mile of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation Rosedale coke plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564948763974-1VKEPUPX7QZEVVGW4NVO/Middle+Taylor+Township_PennDot+road+map+1.JPG Images 1 MAP 3 - Road map and route numbers of Middle Taylor Township (source PennDOT). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564948839784-LFA4QXI51A0ZB66G2HBC/Middle+Taylor+Township_PennDOT+road+map+2+%28Benshoff+Hill+and+Valley+View%29.JPG Images 1 MAP 4 - Road map and route numbers of the Benshoff Hill/Valley View section of the southern portion of Middle Taylor Township (source PennDOT), https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1566093914149-96F5MRKDKLOUMW9HGSVE/USGS+topo_middle+taylor+township+pa.JPG Images 1 MAP 5 - Topographic map of the site location which is the Benshoff Hill/Valley View and Linkville Road sections and the Hinckston Run stream valley as situated in central and southern Middle Taylor Township, Cambria County (Johnstown) PA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564706973736-38PFR58W3WUBT65Q63GA/Benshoff+Hill_our+house+parcel+map+1.JPG Images 1 MAP 8 - Parcel map of the Benshoff Hill/Valley View section of southern Middle Taylor Township. Our house was the one currently at the location of 222 Taft Street (Parcel No. 40-005.-162.000), the second parcel to the east of the intersection of Taft Street and Castle Street. When we lived there there were no formal street names. Our address was listed as R.D. # 1 Box 377. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563165511192-EO1BX613KAQJVVJMGX7R/Benshoff+Hill_2D+topo+rendering.JPG Images 1 MAP 6 - General 3-D topography map of the Hinckston Run stream valley with Middle Taylor Township to the left (west). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563328929140-M8GC3WXN21TNJJXTX4O0/Ring+map+%28one+half+one+and+one+and+a+half+mile%29+from+Riders.JPG Images 1 MAP 11 - One half, one, and one and a half mile rings from the Riders (Rosedale) DIsposal Area along the Hinckston Run stream valley. Hinckston Run Reservoir (dam) is the feature at the top right (northeast) corner of the map. Our house was between the one mile and one half mile distance from the Riders Dump (Rosedale) Disposal Area. https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/introduction-2 daily 0.75 2024-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/a5194243-47cc-401a-9a11-7c0cec9a6d92/rosedale.jpg Introduction 2 - Make it stand out This is a great picture of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation (BSC) Rosedale coke plant situated along Honan Avenue and the Hinckston Run stream. The Benshoff Hill/Valley View section of south Middle Taylor Township is in back (north) of the plant. Note that there are no trees whatsover on the hills above the plant. (source and date unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564106303813-1E3ZYBHIQP6U2Z2MDZTV/1977+view+of+coke+plant+and+benshoff+%28smoke+plume%29_USGS.JPG Introduction 2 This is a telling aerial image (USGS 1977). You can see the Conemaugh River and the 4th Avenue Bridge in the Cambria City, Minersville section of the City of Johnstown in the lower (southwest) corner. Just to the right (northeast) you can see the Bethlehem Steel Corporation (BSC) Rosedale coke plant situated along the meandering Hinckston Run stream. If you look real, real close you can actually see in the image what I believe is a plume of smoke coming from the former smokestack at the coke plant. It is the white cloud in a J-hook arrangement and is probably a rising plume which then makes a hard left turn once it hits prevailing winds at a higher elevation. This plume is right over our house where we used to live in the Benshoff Hill/Valley View section of southern Middle Taylor Township. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567043763355-N6D5DZ7F1DZ6QJSP5Y18/Middle+Taylor+Township_demographics+3+%28July+2018%29.JPG Introduction 2 General demographics of Middle Taylor Township as of July 1, 2018. According to year 2010 United States census data, the total population of the township was 727 people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/b0e8b8bb-1e4f-4485-9d94-c0c30107387b/cool+aerial+rosedale+1.jpg Introduction 2 - Make it stand out This is another great historical aerial image, appears to be from airplane (source and date unknown). You can see in the middle left (west) of the picture where the smoke is pouring out heavily the Johnstown Plant Bethlehem Steel in operation in Cambria City. You can see the Johnstown train station and the bridge over the Little Conemaugh River at the base of Prospect Hill. The point of interest I would like to make is the other plant smoking away in the background beyond (north of) the large plant. This is the Rosedale coke plant. It is around the hill in the next valley which would be Hinckston Run. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1627230958364-SXB3IAZJFERUKLURBLZS/rosedale+coke+plant+another+photo.jpg Introduction 2 - Make it stand out This is an example of the smoke and steam plume which rose most all of the time as I remember from the Bethlehem Steel Corporation (BSC) Rosedale coke plant situated along Honan Avenue and the Hinckston Run stream. The Benshoff Hill/Valley View section of south Middle Taylor Township is the right just beyond the plant layout. (source and date unknown) https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/research-6 daily 0.75 2024-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1626570523829-DN3USL9ITWZJLO1QQJ3R/watershed+valley+%28graphic%29.jpg Research 6 - Make it stand out This is a representative graphic of a watershed. Think of the entire picture as a bowl. The top part is the headwater part of the watershed. You can see how a stream valley cuts through a watershed, flowing downhill to the bottom part. The ridges on the left and right side are high points in topography in the watershed known as divides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1568594709357-HQZERXWOFNKFBMZA8F2N/Metals+impact+chart+%28graphic%29.JPG Research 6 General graphic showing known effects of various heavy metal toxins on systems and organs of the human body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1566766067588-C8ITZQCCS7YVBH35UD08/Hinckston+Run_watershed.JPG Research 6 This is the Hinckston Run watershed (drainage area). The 14.9 square mile drainage watershed is shown in yellow. Hinckston Run Reservoir (dam) is located just below the middle of the watershed. Top of page (US Route 22) is north, bottom left of page (Conemaugh River) is south. Stream flows based on regression curves developed by the US Geological Survey are 652 cubic feet per second (cfs) for a 2-year storm frequency event and 3,080 cfs for a 100-year storm frequency event. (Source: USGS StreamStats report for Hinckston Run performed, run date and time March 7, 2019 21:44:24) https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/introduction-3 daily 0.75 2024-02-04 https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/images-2 daily 0.75 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1582254162755-CM730M1SXAHT8ZXHOMJJ/Johnstown+bridge+15.jpg Images 2 PHOTO 2 - View of the “Knob” in the background from the middle of the Conemaugh River just past the historic Stone Bridge at the Point. The old Cambria Ironworks mill is to the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563329770428-FX9MKKATDMXF9LCX87NT/Profile_through+hinckston+run+valley.JPG Images 2 MAP 13 - Aerial map and representative elevation profile of Benshoff Hill/Valley View east through the Hinckston Run stream valley to the Riders Dump (Rosedale) Disposal Area. Hinckston Run stream is at Elev. 1222 and the disposal area is at Elev. 1495. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563329667528-H8J0L10E29514W4E3CLL/Profile_House+and+Coke+Plant.JPG Images 2 MAP 14 - Aerial map and representative elevation profile from where our house was south across the Hinckston Run valley near where the Bethlehem Steel Corporation Rosedale coke plant was situated. The house where we lived was at Elev. 1630 and the coke plant was at Elev. 1260 (70 feet of vertical elevation difference). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564702337045-A6DWSN8BPX6H5JIWBJHV/johnstown+minersville+pna+dad.jpg Images 2 PHOTO 5 - View looking up (northwest) to the “Knob” from Iron Street in the Minersville, Cambria City section of the City of Johnstown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563331256791-9RFW4SFB4MFYPPEHJ0DC/Topo+map+of+the+knob+%28Elev+502.84+%29.JPG Images 2 MAP 17 - Topographical map of the area locally known as the “Knob”. This feature was a high topography area situated along Benshoff Hill Road above (north) of the Minersville, Cambria CIty section of the CIty of Johnstown. The hill is at Elev. 1649. This area is located just to the southwest of where our house was located on Benshoff Hill/Valley View. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1565574667971-DHVFGNA5B5FQKM50T7A2/knob+from+the+stone+bridge.jpg Images 2 PHOTO 1 - View of the “Knob” behind the historic Stone Bridge at the “Point” in the Cambria City section of Johnstown. The river is the Conemaugh River just below the confluence of the Little Conemaugh and the Stonycreek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1622254946651-MFG9AAQ0ZXRN69L6MTIW/Knob+from+rosevelt+blvd.jpg Images 2 - Make it stand out PHOTO 3 - Vintage view basically at the same location as the just above picture as taken from along Roosevelt Boulevard just past (north of) the historic Stone Bridge at the Point. The “Knob” is in the background to the left. The Johnstown Plant Bethlehem Steel mill is to the right just beyond the Conemaugh River. Date is probably 1950’s based on the vehicles on the road (source of photograph is unknown). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564104590842-GWB7IP55M2FZTM1C0USN/1964+USGS+of+middle+taylor+township.JPG Images 2 MAP 15 - General topographic map showing Middle Taylor Township (1977 USGS). Hinckston Run Reservoir (dam) in at the top right (northeast) corner of the map. Riders Dump (Rosedale) Disposal Area is labeled as “Dump” and the Bethlehem Steel Corporation Rosedale coke plant is present in the bottom left (southwest) corner of the map just to the right (east) of the Cambria City, Minersville section of the City of Johnstown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564104848031-M3EXKU3SM9GJ45SJTBWD/1964+USGS+coke+plant+and+benshoff+hill+area+%28USGS%29.JPG Images 2 MAP 16 - Zoom in from Map 15 showing the Benshoff Hill/Valley View section of south Middle Taylor Township (1977 USGS). Buildings/structures of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation Rosedale coke plant are visible in the bottom center (south) part of the map just to the right (east) of the Cambria City, Minersville section of the City of Johnstown. Hinckston Run stream runs through the coke plant complex and can be seen on the right (east) side of the map. The stream does go underground through a portion of the site by a concrete box culvert enclosure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563329897794-LSWCKRZ6J4MD27KEDQKM/Typical+section+%28prosser+hollow+to+house+across+hinckston%29.JPG Images 2 MAP 12 - Aerial map and representative elevation profile generally from west to east across Prosser Hollow valley through Benshoff Hill/Valley View and across the Hinckston Run stream valley to East Taylor Township just south of the location of the Riders Dump (Rosedale) Disposal Area. The right side of the profile is the Hinckston Run stream. The left side of the profile is Prosser Hollow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1565574620948-9WQYD4QYLN5ROM6LKMGW/minersville.jpg Images 2 PHOTO 4 - View of Minersville in the Cambria City section of the City of Johnstown. The big hill in the background is the “Knob”. The cut in the river wall in the bottom center of the photograph is where Hinckston Run stream confluences with the Conemaugh River. https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/images-4 daily 0.75 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564950823306-WIALGK4UCW8MNYJGN2OK/new+water+tank.JPG Images 4 MAP 21 - Aerial imagery showing the existing location of the above ground water storage tank which was part of the new water system extension to the Benshoff Hill/Valley View section and most of Middle Taylor Township in the late 1970’s. This tank is in the central part of Middle Taylor Township and feeds the water system which is in the Township. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1582686882885-5XJKW0W21FFX1D10W4G4/alley+final.JPG Images 4 MAP 22 - Platted and unimproved roadway known as “The Alley” in the Benshoff Hill/Valley View section of southern Middle Taylor Township. This linear corridor is the smaller width strip situated to the right (east) of now 196, 208 and 223 Castle Street (source Cambria County FEMA Flood Hazard Mapping). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564950770952-ZXB3UTCG403MNU9MHPDV/future+water+system+map.JPG Images 4 MAP 20 - Future water system map from the 1969 Long Range Plan report for Middle Taylor Township (Cambria County Planning Commission). Minersville and the Cambria City section of the City of Johnstown is on the left side of the map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1582685689076-K13ECDAMYBO85C6L45JV/pumphouse+final.JPG Images 4 MAP 19 - Map of the location of the Pumphouse SIte/Lot just southwest of the intersection of now Earl Street and Blackberry Street at County Parcel No. 40-006.-220.000 at Elevation 1558 (USGS National Map). This pumphouse site/lot was part of the “roque” drinking water system that served the Benshoff Hill/Valley View and Linkville Road sections of central and southern Middle Taylor Township until the municipal public drinking water system was extended up out of the City of Johnstown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564630682241-UECPUVS3I8JG9QWUN9JX/benshoff+hill+pump+house+%28gagans%29.jpg Images 4 PHOTO 9 - Recent photograph of the Pumphouse Site/Lot just southwest of the intersection of now Earl Street and Blackberry Street at County Parcel No. 40-006.-220.000 at surface Elev. 1558 (USGS National Map). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564630370414-5VTLQDOUA6F4HRTE8UOP/Water+tank.JPG Images 4 MAP 18 - Water tank at high point Elevation 1735, ie. the “Tanks” from the old “rogue” drinking water system in the Benshoff Hill/Valley View section of south Middle Taylor Township. Benshoff Hill Road is to the left (west). https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/introduction-4 daily 0.75 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1566453371489-5SHHWELA6TDF3LD2OMWE/Capture+2+%28recent+Riders%29.JPG Introduction 4 Fairly recent photograph of activities at the current Riders Disposal Area (source and date unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1566453308858-2PAKKQ8B7DI3BTYW71GM/Capture+1+%28recent+Riders%29.JPG Introduction 4 Fairly recent photograph of activities at the current Riders Disposal Area (source and date unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1563417829669-B9OLWVWTEJYR013CXQDX/aerial.JPG Introduction 4 Aerial map showing the general location (yellow dot) of the Riders Disposal Area, EPA ID PAD004344222 as situated along the Hinckston Run stream. Middle Taylor Township is to the left (west). (Source: EPA) https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/conclusion daily 0.75 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/38fb4e43-eadf-4720-9c8c-c656d57d2ec1/bhw+cartoon.JPG Conclusion - Make it stand out Cartoon drawn by my son Joshua Zupon with minor edits by Scott Thomas https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/research-4 daily 0.75 2024-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1569381163948-GWRQS95HU1512LRYZ9LL/Alley.JPG Research 4 Definition from suggested subdivision regulations for Middle Taylor Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania (July 1969) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1581909469922-HSYFXM6TVSTZUSGA7KTK/Capture.JPG Research 4 Current listing of municipalities now served by the Greater Johnstown Water Authority (from the GJWA website). Shown to include Middle Taylor Township. https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/research-2 daily 0.75 2024-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1565326141190-Q9L9NZ8JBEBMKHXEK337/coal+refuse+pile.jpg Research 2 Coal refuse and slag waste pile at nearby Vintondale (from blacklickcreekwatershed .org) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1595200524767-H3TDD58E82N2E53NXZ5I/Rosedale+coke+plant+1951+picture+2.jpg Research 2 This is a picture is a close-up of the same area from above but is looking east toward East Taylor Township. Notice the double smokestack on the left (north) side of this photograph as a point of reference. The Hinckston Run stream valley is just to the right (east) of the smokestacks. (Source: Archive records, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Johnstown Plant, Metallurgical Department, Rosedale Coke Plant and Lower Ore Yard, Negative No. 8555-5 and 8555-6, Folio 5, date of May 14, 1951) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1622255657611-ATFQWQJDYTWRJ7CUGGU3/Rosedale+coke+plant+photo+%281970s%29.jpg Research 2 - Make it stand out This is just an amazing photograph of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation Rosedale coke plant pretty much as I remember it from my youth. Again, notice the double smokestack on the right (east) side of this photograph as a point of reference. You can see what is now Honan Avenue along the base of the hill in back of the plant. Our house in the Benshoff Hill/Valley View section of Middle Taylor Township was at the top of the hill above the center of the photograph (north). Note the height (elevation) of the stacks as compared to the adjacent hillsides. Date of the photo is unknown, but it was probably in the late 1970’s as it looks like the plant is operational but not too active at this point. Vegetation is starting to regenerate on the hillsides. (Source of the photograph is unknown). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1566348896686-BMZO78KQ9GZ02JEMDU4C/Rosedale+coke+plant+3+%281922%29.JPG Research 2 Vintage historic photograph of ovens at the Rosedale coke plant from the same 1922 steel industry article. You can see the stack behind the units. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1566453581924-01S8BXN5XU15A77C5MZG/Capture+3+%28recent+Riders%29.JPG Research 2 Recent photograph of activities and surface runoff at the actual Riders Dump (Rosedale) Disposal Area (source and exact date unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1593362766223-1NY743V63SZ2PQR1QQM3/Coke+plant.jpg Research 2 This is just an amazing vintage photograph showing specific details of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation (BSC) Rosedale coke plant. The photo appears to be from a vantage of looking west as it was taken from Prospect Route 271. You can see what is now Honan Avenue along the base of the hill in back of the plant. The “Knob” is the highest hill in the background to the left and you can actually see houses on top of the hill in the background to the right which is the Benshoff Hill/Valley View area of south Middle Taylor Township. Note the height (elevation) of the stacks as compared to the adjacent hillsides. Date of the photo is unknown but probably in the 1930’s or 1940’s. (Source: Johnstown Area Heritage Association facebook post.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1566348785014-D51MXJQY6TJF706EBUSE/Rosedale+coke+plant+2+%281922%29.JPG Research 2 This is a great vintage historic photograph looking east at the Rosedale coke plant. It is from a 1922 steel industry article. Now Honan Avenue winds around the plant to the left (north) side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1565325892341-D61MKQ4YL4AZ1VX640CF/acid+mine+drainage.jpg Research 2 Representative image of acid mine drainage polluting a natural flowing stream (unknown location) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1595200491309-1HF1QBN678MFLIYM36TL/Rosedale+coke+plant+1951+picture+1.jpg Research 2 This is a picture taken from the same vantage point (looking west) as above but obviously it is much later in time. Notice the smokestacks and Honan Avenue are still the same; however, some of the hillside mining benches are gone and vegetation seems to be starting to return gradually. Notice too on this photograph, as compared to the above photograph, that you can now see the high mountain present well behind the location of where the “Knob” is. In the previous photograph you cannot see that mountain due to the presence of smog. (Source: Archive records, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Johnstown Plant, Metallurgical Department, Rosedale Coke Plant and Lower Ore Yard, Negative No. 8555-5 and 8555-6, Folio 5, date of May 14, 1951) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1579741366081-Y7B020PUQL89V638QI00/coke+oven+process.JPG Research 2 Basic schematic of the coke oven to blast furnace process https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/images-3 daily 0.75 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1582254437322-SY11DHQR52WX4XWIIDMQ/Johnstown+bridge+16.jpg Images 3 PHOTO 8 - The 4th Avenue bridge rehabilitated and improved between 2016 and 2018 as viewed from the middle of the Conemaugh River in the Minersville, Cambria City section of the City of Johnstown. The “Knob” is in the background to the right (north) of the bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564706336721-LK5USSUMX6NZWM2MPY0P/johnstown+conemaugh+river.JPG Images 3 PHOTO 7 - Conemaugh River where Hinckston Run stream confluences with the Conemaugh River in the Minersville, Cambria City section of the City of Johnstown. The 4th Avenue bridge is visible in the middle of the photograph. This photograph was taken prior to the most recent bridge repair and improvement project between 2016 and 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564706247363-7TMI5R09DPYL2MCR121W/johnstown+k.jpg Images 3 PHOTO 6 - Hinckston Run stream within a concrete channel near the confluence with the Conemaugh River in the Minersville, Cambria City section of the City of Johnstown. This location is near to the old steel mill guard shack at the east (bottom) end of Iron Street,. The water spray is from an unknown pipe discharge emptying in to the confined channel which holds Hinckston Run just before the river. https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/research-3 daily 0.75 2024-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1626533041711-0VSWOJILBECW72OX7ZC7/naturalgroundcover.gif Research 3 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1623454241101-ALAKN56R7IXPRSA4UB5S/channel+gw+flow.JPG Research 3 - Make it stand out In a stream valley, water from precipitation that is not runoff enters into those soils which are more permeable in the uplands and along slopes - such as Hydrologic Soil Group A and B soils - and by gravity the water works it’s way into the soils and into groundwater and downgradient surface water resources. Just a note here - Hydrologic Soil Groups are designations of soils as defined by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) in various publications such as Technical Release 55 (TR-55) and in most all County Soil Surveys. The four hydrologic soil groups (HSGs) are described as follows: Group A - soils in this group have low runoff potential when thoroughly wet. Water is transmitted freely through the soil and depth to the water table is greater than 24-inches. Group B - soils in this group have moderately low runoff potential when thoroughly wet. Water transmission through the soil is unimpeded. The depth to the water table is greater than 24-inches. Group C - soils in this group have moderately high runoff potential when thoroughly wet. Water transmission through the soil is somewhat restricted and depth to the water table is greater than 24-inches. Group D - soils in this group have high runoff potential when thoroughly wet. Water movement through the soil is restricted or very restricted and a water table may exist within 24-inches of the surface in this group, (Source: Chapter 630 Hydrology National Engineering Handbook, Chapter 7 Hydrologic Soil Groups) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567656446445-2JL3RZXFXMO390NA57ME/perched+groundwater.jpg Research 3 Another general graphic of a perched groundwater table within the landscape (source unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1626532950229-57CNNCLJ63BQ3UVG5VHW/evapotranspiration+%28graphic%29.jpg Research 3 - Make it stand out As shown in this simple diagram, precipitation is taken in by canopy, understory and ground cover vegetation or becomes surface runoff or is infiltrated into the surface layers of the ground (soil) and eventually into the groundwater table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1622257262959-HEUM88VLY2QVTDFUXQI4/diagram+of+a+well.JPG Research 3 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564882456851-YHHT75Z8K1PP5MGINJQZ/regional+gw+flow.JPG Research 3 General graphic of regional or watershed level surface and groundwater flow arrangements (source unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/e03b54b9-6bbf-4d69-9899-f3a32d18e1ad/hydrology+cycle+5.JPG Research 3 - Make it stand out Another very basic graphic of the interaction between the hydrologic cycle, the land surface and groundwater (source unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564453420660-C65LFG4HSDVOMAGZMI6K/gw_pollution_diagram_1.jpg Research 3 Another general color graphic of groundwater and it’s relationship to the entire water cycle, land surface, stream and stream valley (source unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564453151306-ZCN5LB09AU5LWO7UO6JZ/groundwater+flow+%28general%29.JPG Research 3 Another general graphic of groundwater flow characteristics in the localized landscape (source unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1627097142113-UTHT3H9E77PQT6RCB6W8/plant+uptake+and+runoff+in+forests.JPG Research 3 - Make it stand out The left side of this graphic shows the many ways that trees handle and use precipitation. The right side graphic shows the distribution of rainfall between the processes of evapotranspiration, surface runoff and infiltration for forested land cover. The graphic below shows the two types of infiltration that may occur. (Source: PALS, The Woods in Your Backyard 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564869183391-9AFSF36IEVC01SNZOQMN/hydrology+cycle+2.JPG Research 3 A very basic graphic of the interaction between the hydrologic cycle, the land surface and groundwater (source unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564867486580-HMW9CMF0LOKCQALBKLVU/watershed+ecosystem+dynamics.JPG Research 3 A general color graphic of localized water resource ecological relationships (source EPA Watershed Academy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564882194247-T0YZDONJ0DJJ2GKIGCJO/Recharge+area.JPG Research 3 Another general graphic of the relationship between a recharge area (land surface) and groundwater (subsurface). Source of the graphic is unknown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567655647801-ML7O5F43VW7N34T095DL/artesian+aquifer.JPG Research 3 General graphic of a confined or artesian aquifer (source unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567656511946-L1PIVM5K9MO40EHVB2XW/contamination.jpg Research 3 Another general graphic of how groundwater can become contaminated from rainfall, runoff and percolation into a resultant groundwater contamination plume (source unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1624405907627-223BB125XLA9BFQQ3H4V/Hydrologic+cycle+and+soils.JPG Research 3 - Make it stand out This very basic diagram of the hydrologic cycle shows the result of precipitation and it’s interaction with vegetation, the land surface, and surface/subsurface soils. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1579236936521-O5C2POMTK6WWD6EWBKYR/Groundwater+very+general+%28graphic%29.JPG Research 3 A very basic diagram showing the relationship of groundwater to the land surface, shallow soils, and a natural down-gradient receiving stream channel/water body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564453449504-AC0WI0YS9XZ9YQTLXJ3E/gw_pollution_diagram_2.jpg Research 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567655583524-3CBC7BGZZG9KZEIWS2NF/confined+aquifer.JPG Research 3 General graphic of an unconfined aquifer (source unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564453102017-IZ3XC5MSN07I064DZ9Z3/stream+channel+and+groundwater+interaction.JPG Research 3 Another color general graphic of groundwater interaction directly below a stream channel which is otherwise known as a “thalweg” (source unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1585525972402-49TR2QFHLV61DLPETETK/gw+table+2.jpg Research 3 Very basic diagram showing the movement of groundwater through time from the land surface into subsurface soil and rock layers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1564884206186-IFGKZY65XJS46BEN82H6/GW.JPG Research 3 General graphic of saturated and unsaturated zones associated with groundwater and the water table (source unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1626569633858-ASLID98VWNACXAONOOWE/permeable+graphic.JPG Research 3 - Make it stand out A close up view of the interaction of the infiltration of water from the land surface into the surficial and deeper soil layers to the groundwater zone. https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/images-5 daily 0.75 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567042921653-RUM430LB8G0MOG22ZGA4/Dam+2+%28kimball%29.JPG Images 5 MAP 26 - 1977 topographic map 2 of 2 of Hinckston Run Reservoir (dam) and the Riders Dump (Rosedale) Disposal Area. The channel to the waterfall is at the bottom left-hand corner of the map and the small bridge that crosses the channel spillway is in the middle of the page. (Source: Consultant L. Robert Kimball & Associates from the National Dam Safety Program Phase I report). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1578196260213-EVOURYGVHEV05X0R0BSY/Riders+disposal.JPG Images 5 MAP 27 - Aerial imagery of the Riders Dump (Rosedale) Disposal Area (Source: Google Earth 2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1578196409000-9F898BELXUJ8T0DJLWMG/Hinckston+run+dam.JPG Images 5 MAP 23 - Aerial imagery of the Hinckston Run Dam (Source: Google Earth 2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567042122482-IJ7SRXWUZRN4PUW748QB/Dam+1+%28kimball%29.JPG Images 5 MAP 25 - 1977 topographic map 1 of 2 of Hinckston Run Reservoir (dam) and the Riders Dump (Rosedale) Disposal Area. The waterfall is at the bottom left corner and the dam/reservoir is at the top of the map (Source: Consultant L. Robert Kimball & Associates from the National Dam Safety Program Phase I report). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567042777993-WSBVUHZMNA3Y6A0HPZ06/Dam+3+%28hinckston+and+riders%29.JPG Images 5 MAP 24 - General topographic map of the area at Hinckston Run Reservoir (dam), waterfall and the Riders Dump (Rosedale) Disposal Area (Source: USGS National Map). https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/johnstown-gallery-extra daily 0.75 2024-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/672995e2-a462-446f-a7f2-0ad40c4dfa08/tribute+2.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) - Make it stand out EXTRA PHOTO 39 (MY DAD) - This is a photo of my Dad John E. Thomas who passed away on January 5, 2022. See Update # 4 in the “Epilogue” section of the website for additional information and for his obituary. This photo is when he first enlisted to serve in the US Navy on the USS Little Rock CLG-4 - probably around 1962, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909160040-YCEDI5JDXESH2ZAP480L/bridge+work+8.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 6 - Most recent bridge/road improvement work at 4th Avenue (2017-2018) near Iron Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909321264-AI68CWKC1ZYVF5ZLOT9H/bridge+work+13.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 10 - Substantial completion of the 4th Avenue bridge as part of the most recent bridge/road improvement work (2017-2018). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909604164-SEOI77QBYNYW2NHKZ90B/city+1.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 22 - The Johnstown Incline Plane by the Point Stadium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909421686-818FQ6EUDBF4FIEI2O4L/cambria+city+mill+5.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 14 - A building in the old Cambria Iron Works complex near the Minersville section of Cambria CIty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/e2e0c29b-7f9b-4e3f-9d5d-2edf49280c83/judi+in+snow+in+virginia+beach+2.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) - Make it stand out EXTRA PHOTO 50 (MY WIFE JUDITH) - You were my hero. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567910306882-9AJFLP2BZXRLATUU14ZX/z1.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 34 - Tribute to my brother, coach, mentor and best friend (Scott Miles), on the far left and at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, who tirelessly is trying to reach this goal! I took this picture while watching the Pittsburgh Pirate game on the MLB Extra Innings television package in Virginia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909051395-B4GFA0IMY0U4JPLHWLI7/bridge+work+5.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 3 - Most recent bridge/road improvement work at 4th Avenue (2017-2018) near Iron Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/3c3e669e-28e4-42bb-977f-851aae28a91b/tribute+1.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) - Make it stand out EXTRA PHOTO 38 (MY DAD) - The next nine photos are a tribute to my Dad who passed away unexpectedly on January 5, 2022. See Update # 4 in the “Epilogue” section of the website for additional information and for his obituary. He was a great man and will be missed terribly. This photo is me as a very little boy giving hugs and kisses to my Dad - probably around 1967. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909805884-M1LJ31HY0BK8GNQPO98W/snow+2.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 19 - Snow on a cold winter day near the guard shack at the old Cambria Iron Works on Iron Street in the Minersville section of Cambria CIty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/c4ed388b-b055-4cd2-b9ab-b3d6377439ae/us+national+harbor.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) - Make it stand out EXTRA PHOTO 49 (MY WIFE JUDITH) - You were my best friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909540764-XK8XFJJPBX9NWQX24064/cambria+city+mill+8.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 17 -The old guard shack at the entrance to the old Cambria Iron Works at the east end of Iron Street in the Minersville section of Cambria CIty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567910253171-YXYOYKRWEAWXR04LSYPK/car+show.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 31 - A car show held at the Middle Taylor Township municipal building. The cars are on the old baseball field above the building/garage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/45e81f96-4929-4541-bebe-9f71f521cd4d/Tribute+6.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) - Make it stand out EXTRA PHOTO 45 (MY DAD) - This is a photo of my Dad John E. Thomas who passed away on January 5, 2022. See Update # 4 in the “Epilogue” section of the website for additional information and for his obituary. This photo is of him and my son Shane outside his apartment in Minersville (Iron St.) - probably around 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909476120-NB6FB93BJBS19W2PZ2LZ/cambria+city+mill+6.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 16 - A building in the old Cambria Iron Works complex near the Minersville section of Cambria CIty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567910152720-TJTZ2NKEKOVJBCCFZC8I/flood+1.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 29 - Polaroid taken just after the 1977 flood along the Conemaugh River at the end of Broad Street near the Rod & Iron Mill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/c2210271-8be7-478e-ba67-75cdfbe52caf/Tribute+5.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) - Make it stand out EXTRA PHOTO 42 (MY DAD) - This is a photo of my Dad John E. Thomas who passed away on January 5, 2022. See Update # 4 in the “Epilogue” section of the website for additional information and for his obituary. This photo is of him of me outside of the new St. Louis Cardinal Busch Memorial Stadium in 2006. We took Dad there for his first ever home Cardinal game when he retired from work at the Ferndale Area School District. It was the last series of the year against the Milwaukee Brewers and the Red Birds were fighting to make the playoffs. A news crew grabbed us as we were walking into the stadium. Of course Dad rambled away with pride. The Cardinals won the World Series that year! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567910057388-XE5WQ05D0X04KC7OY3XS/thunder.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 28 - Thunder in the Valley time along Broad Street (date unknown, probably around 2015). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909083746-6NLJG2CE8TV5MSANBVIR/bridge+work+6.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 4 - Most recent bridge/road improvement work at 4th Avenue (2017-2018) near Iron Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909638336-3RUU1XF918CR7BMJVDX0/city+2.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 23 - Main Street in downtown Johnstown near the City Hall building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/ac434332-85c7-44dd-a363-98fb1190812c/Tribute+3.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) - Make it stand out EXTRA PHOTO 40 (MY DAD) - This is a photo of my Dad John E. Thomas who passed away on January 5, 2022. See Update # 4 in the “Epilogue” section of the website for additional information and for his obituary. This photo is me and him outside of Ace’s in July 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909193562-7C7D2ZZ07H0C6XD6M7CL/bridge+work+9.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 8 - Most recent bridge/road improvement work at 4th Avenue (2017-2018) near Iron Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567908941497-8S0OHLJ669EQ8GL3U02S/bridge+work+1.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 1 - Most recent bridge/road improvement work at 4th Avenue (2017-2018) near Iron Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909114359-5JJI5ZMG6AAZLDOC5N4K/bridge+work+7.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 5 - Most recent bridge/road improvement work at 4th Avenue (2017-2018) near Iron Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909949394-DTWHR95N6ACTRSTCYP2E/lights+1.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 26 - Lights on the historic Stone Bridge which spans the Conemaugh River near the Point Stadium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567910349559-AVZHQG1ITT163Q2GG4Y9/z2.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 35 - My dad (John E. Thomas) on the left and his older brother, my uncle “Rat” (Bob Thomas) on the right at a ball game at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. One is a St. Louis Cardinal fan and the other is a Pittsburgh Pirate fan. Loving brothers…but do you think there was ever any friction there? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/fbf59ce2-8a17-4a44-852d-09403ae30112/Tribute+7.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) - Make it stand out EXTRA PHOTO 43 (MY DAD) - This is a photo of my Dad John E. Thomas who passed away on January 5, 2022. See Update # 4 in the “Epilogue” section of the website for additional information and for his obituary. This photo is of him and me on a family trip to Disneyworld in Florida - probably around 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909667162-0U0ZWYLHOYQ7YEOOKAPY/city+4.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 24 - The CIty of Johnstown Public Safety Building on Washington Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567910182849-06XCSX9ZDFRSGRFI69JL/flood+2.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 30 - Polaroid taken just after the 1977 flood along the Conemaugh River at the end of Broad Street near the Rod & Iron Mill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909841040-E0DX11KAUVNE7FZD5WVT/snow.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 20- Snow piled up along Iron Street on a cold snowy day in the Minersville section of Cambria CIty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1582256191349-OAKKGF5KFYV8RCXDBAIP/vinco+power+plant+rendering.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 32 - Rendering of the natural gas-fired cogeneration power plant (CPV Fairview) to be situated in Vinco along Route 271, Jackson Township. Cooling water and other discharges from this power generating facility will be directed to the into the cold-water fishery part of the headwater stream segment of Hinckston Run above the dam. (PADEP NPDES Industrial Discharge Permit No. PA0253359) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/b89851b5-9897-48b0-91c7-864cfc1afa2a/judi+favorite+1.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) - Make it stand out EXTRA PHOTO 48 (MY WIFE JUDITH) - You were my love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/9a7ed18e-9a41-4573-877e-cc46884d7036/Tribute+4.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) - Make it stand out EXTRA PHOTO 41 (MY DAD) - This is a photo of my Dad John E. Thomas who passed away on January 5, 2022. See Update # 4 in the “Epilogue” section of the website for additional information and for his obituary. This photo is of him and my grand-daughter Maya (his first great-grandchild) outside his apartment in Minersville (Iron St.) when she was young - probably around 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567908971666-VAIVGXKXSWNCADTYBTTL/bridge+work+2.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 2 - Most recent bridge/road improvement work at 4th Avenue (2017-2018) near Iron Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909392076-5GNL5X5A2HOONLLPQYRJ/cambria+city+mill+4.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 15 - A building in the old Cambria Iron Works complex near the Minersville section of Cambria CIty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/61346a53-fe0b-4e22-b937-c8b6c96f3859/Screenshot+2023-05-20+152050.png Johnstown Gallery (Extra) - Make it stand out EXTRA PHOTO 51 (MY WIFE JUDITH) - You were my soul. My heart is broken. I am lost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909273886-LNDL3V1O53J1J7E47VNR/bridge+work+12.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 9 - Some base course paving at the intersection of 4th Avenue and Iron Street as part of the most recent bridge/road improvement work (2017-2018). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/d23e7366-529b-4a36-9c49-19f8185c746b/fourth+1914+-+2.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) - Make it stand out EXTRA PHOTO 11 - Historic photograph of 4th Avenue bridge construction in 1914. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/bb095edb-5a7b-481e-b5d9-c7fd91ba4d1a/fourth+1914+-+1.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) - Make it stand out EXTRA PHOTO 12 - Historic photograph of 4th Avenue bridge construction in 1914. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/625cd01e-202d-42cd-b7b8-42d5486bdacb/Tribute+8.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) - Make it stand out EXTRA PHOTO 46 (MY DAD) - Goodbye my buddy. I never expected to lose you. I love you and will miss you dearly. I am lost without you and will never be the same until I see you again… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909234205-D4G8CZ47X0IQH4ZP16WH/bridge+work+10.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 7 - Most recent bridge/road improvement work at 4th Avenue (2017-2018) near Iron Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1582256221978-JDAHUCMP45J2LZJN779N/vinco+power+plant+2.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 33 - Photograph during construction of the natural gas-fired cogeneration power plant (CPV Fairview) in Vinco along Route 271, Jackson Township. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909357306-QSZQVE3LBLLBPQZXCPWP/cambria+city+mill+3.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 13 - A building in the old Cambria Iron Works complex near the Minersville section of Cambria CIty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909702493-LOAN1OLFMAH3LS8WBUN8/city+5.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 25 - The old Penelec headquarters building across from Sheetz on Broad Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/825da052-9eec-4e3d-a3e6-565dded4f029/judi+best+picture+ever.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) - Make it stand out EXTRA PHOTO 47 (MY WIFE JUDITH) - You were my life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909898967-H96CRM7TU6CNOHLK74EE/snow+3.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 21 - Sunset on a cold winter evening in the Minersville section of Cambria CIty. Near the intersection of 4th Avenue and Iron Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567910006470-KF5NQMW960LQHI9Y4GDX/lights+2.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 27 - Lights on the historic Stone Bridge which spans the Conemaugh River near the Point Stadium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1588823319689-R10W4KRS2M3N4ZGWCGKM/Rick+2.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 36 - My cousin Rick Rokita sleeping, I mean working hard, on the job. Rick was instrumental and worked every day on the 4th Avenue bridge/road improvement project shown in all the pictures above. Very proud of him and all the infrastructure construction work he has done all across the Greater Johnstown Area! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/7a82e121-9be2-46bd-933a-249fc784509e/dad+and+shane+on+couch+in+johnstown.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) - Make it stand out EXTRA PHOTO 44 (MY DAD) - This is a photo of my Dad John E. Thomas who passed away on January 5, 2022. See Update # 4 in the “Epilogue” section of the website for additional information and for his obituary. This is a classic pose of him on the corner of his couch in his apartment in Minersville with my son Shane - probably around 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1586223762638-U7X907CGGUWIMEY31TK6/black+cat+2.JPG Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 37 - This is a very special “black cat” dedication to my brother Craig! My brothers will know what it is for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1567909758431-XMCL85B2YU78BHO69BGF/iron+street.jpg Johnstown Gallery (Extra) EXTRA PHOTO 18 - The east end of Iron Street near the guard shack at the old Cambria Iron Works in the Minersville section of Cambria CIty. https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/contact-me daily 0.75 2024-12-09 https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/maps-of-the-entire-site-area daily 0.75 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1591325642292-P0OR8QLACHF6GERY0WD3/site+area+5.JPG Maps of the Entire SIte Area MAP 12 of 26: Aerial map showing Benshoff Hill Road and the back end of Hinckston Run Reservoir (northern Middle Taylor Township). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1591580035340-K1OO9LOXEFHR1HCWGN40/Google+map+3.JPG Maps of the Entire SIte Area MAP 8 of 26: Another aerial map showing the same general area as above (south-central and central Middle Taylor Township). This map shows Benshoff Hill cemetery in the middle-left (west). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1591325472297-CPZ881ZKLF6R4961XUGV/site+area+2.JPG Maps of the Entire SIte Area MAP 5 of 26: Aerial map showing Benshoff Hill Road and Linkville Road (south-central Middle Taylor Township). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1620094930042-TZK8VY3EDRAE588FLNPP/Mining+map+5.JPG Maps of the Entire SIte Area MAP 26 of 26: Mining Map 6 - The Hinckston Run dam-reservoir is near the center-right of the map and is labeled. You can also see the label for Bethlehem Mines Corp. Mine No. 72. (Source: Pennsylvania Mine Map Atlas, 2014 Penn State University minemaps.psu.edu) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1591325595528-WXOIX585YCKHCCK7144I/site+area+4.JPG Maps of the Entire SIte Area MAP 10 of 26: Aerial map showing Benshoff Hill Road, Hinckston Run Road - Waterfall Drive and the front end of Hinckston Run Reservoir at the dam (north-central Middle Taylor Township). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/efb66045-218a-443f-94a8-2d05f4b3292c/MAP+3.jpg Maps of the Entire SIte Area - Make it stand out MAP 16 of 26: Same topographic map as above but with heavier contour lines and elevations labeled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/d6c0057a-eb6a-4aca-8916-7010569a744c/MAP+5.jpg Maps of the Entire SIte Area - Make it stand out MAP 18 of 26: Same topographic map as above but with heavier contour lines and elevations labeled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/ee577bb5-020f-44e2-95fa-1e4124b3d6b6/MAP+2.jpg Maps of the Entire SIte Area - Make it stand out MAP 15 of 26: Topographic map of the site area south starting at the Minersville section of Cambria City in Johnstown then working north. Some of the features we have talked about through the website are listed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/ea402a13-550d-41ba-b235-76ee15ca4268/MAP+6.jpg Maps of the Entire SIte Area - Make it stand out MAP 19 of 26: This is the next topographic map of the site area just north of Topographic Map 2 and 2A and continuing to work north. Again, some of the features we have talked about through the website are listed and you can now see the Hinckston Run dam and reservoir in the upper-right (northeast) corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1620094765774-9C8XYOREXX24JGHCJNIN/Mining+map+1.JPG Maps of the Entire SIte Area MAP 22 of 26: Mining Map 2 - Again the spot where Hinckston Run converges with the Conemaugh River in the Minersville section of Cambria City is at the bottom left of the map and the Hinckston Run dam-reservoir at the upper right-hand corner of the map and is a blue color. (Source: Pennsylvania Mine Map Atlas, 2014 Penn State University minemaps.psu.edu) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1591325298325-SYW50N35V4LN1EKMNV89/site+area+0.JPG Maps of the Entire SIte Area MAP 2 OF 26: Overall map of the entire subject area of focus. Hinckston Run converges with the Conemaugh River at Minersville in the Cambria City section of the City of Johnstown. The Hinckston Run dam-reservoir can be seen in the upper right-hand part of the map. (Source: USGS National Map) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1620094883554-TLAPR8RI9ITF69EC4DHH/Mining+map+4.JPG Maps of the Entire SIte Area MAP 25 of 26: Mining Map 5 - Again the spot where Hinckston Run converges with the Conemaugh River in the Minersville section of Cambria City is at the bottom left-hand corner of the map and the Hinckston Run dam-reservoir is at the upper right-hand corner of the map and is a light blue color with red hatching. (Source: Pennsylvania Mine Map Atlas, 2014 Penn State University minemaps.psu.edu) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1620094730781-VZHQ93TSRU364T6HKTB9/Mining+map+0.JPG Maps of the Entire SIte Area MAP 21 of 26: Mining Map 1 - This is a general index map for all of the mining maps shown below. The maps show the amazingly extensive network of deep mines below the entire area of focus. Similar to other maps provided in the website, the spot where the Hinckston Run stream converges with the Conemaugh River in the Minersville section of Cambria City is at the bottom left of the map and the Hinckston Run dam-reservoir is at the top in the middle of the map. (Source: Pennsylvania Mine Map Atlas, 2014 Penn State University minemaps.psu.edu) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1591580130989-GEKWJ5GVKQ4771FPU4TA/Google+map+5.JPG Maps of the Entire SIte Area MAP 11 of 26: Another aerial map showing the same general area as above (north-central Middle Taylor Township). The Hinckston Run Reservoir (dam) is on the right side of the map at the location of the green pin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1591580171698-Y0TIUMEM0ET3JHCJG65P/Google+map+6.JPG Maps of the Entire SIte Area MAP 13 of 26: Aerial map showing another perspective of the same general area as above (northern Middle Taylor Township). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1620094852548-8MRJDJWZLT2RQ1B9D9HP/Mining+map+3.JPG Maps of the Entire SIte Area MAP 24 of 26: Mining Map 4 - Again the spot where Hinckston Run converges with the Conemaugh River in the Minersville section of Cambria City is at the bottom left-hand corner of the map and the Hinckston Run dam-reservoir is at the upper right-hand corner of the map and is a blue color. (Source: Pennsylvania Mine Map Atlas, 2014 Penn State University minemaps.psu.edu) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1620094651827-XXN6K7T4FSTMBIW81TGI/1867+map+of+middle+taylor+twp.JPG Maps of the Entire SIte Area MAP 1 of 26: This is a historic 1867 Map of Cambria County. At the bottom middle of the map where it says “Cambria” is where Hinckston Run converges with the Conemaugh River at Minersville in the Cambria City section of the City of Johnstown. The Hinckston Run dam-reservoir can be seen in the upper right-hand part of the map where the “O” is in the word “Taylor”. (Source: Library of Congress - from the Cambria County Recorder of Deeds Office website) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1591580085246-C3B408S17UIMBBO9K8PC/Google+map+4.JPG Maps of the Entire SIte Area MAP 9 of 26: Another aerial map showing the same general area as above and two above (central Middle Taylor Township). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1591579923762-JT712XIXYJYSFK9DEB4C/Google+map+1.JPG Maps of the Entire SIte Area MAP 4 of 26: Another aerial map perspective of the same area as above (southern Middle Taylor Township). The location of the former Bethlehem Steel Rosedale coking plant is shown with the yellow pin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1591579968896-JN4STKFQW3UED72JZHTP/Google+map+2.JPG Maps of the Entire SIte Area MAP 6 of 26: Another aerial map showing the same general area as above (south-central Middle Taylor Township). The fire hall is shown with the red pin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1591325409605-OYCTFXSKLCZ3NIKW0OWQ/site+area+1.JPG Maps of the Entire SIte Area MAP 3 of 26: Aerial map showing Minersville, Iron Street, Honan Avenue, Prosser Hollow, Benshoff Hill Road, Valley View, and Benshoff Hill (southern Middle Taylor Township). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1620094804151-PEQ3QENV3NLLR53AMFSO/Mining+map+2.JPG Maps of the Entire SIte Area MAP 23 of 26: Mining Map 3 - Again the spot where Hinckston Run converges with the Conemaugh River in the Minersville section of Cambria City is at the bottom left of the map and the Hinckston Run dam-reservoir at the center top right of the map. (Source: Pennsylvania Mine Map Atlas, 2014 Penn State University minemaps.psu.edu) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/408e3a55-6969-49cc-a8d2-4d6cafe0dba7/MAP+1.jpg Maps of the Entire SIte Area - Make it stand out MAP 14 of 26: Typical cross-section through the area showing elevation differences between the stream through Prosser Hollow (west) through the hill east to Hinckston Run at the Riders Dump (Rosedale) Disposal Area. Some of the features we have talked about through the website are listed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/ad64d491-44f9-4d85-860a-ed31e991810e/MAP+4.jpg Maps of the Entire SIte Area - Make it stand out MAP 17 of 26: This is the next topographic map of the site area just north of Topographic Map 1 and IA and continuing to work north. Again, some of the features we have talked about through the website are listed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/ecca7ed3-d9e2-40b2-8d8c-dbdf8a635573/MAP+7.jpg Maps of the Entire SIte Area - Make it stand out MAP 20 of 26: Same topographic map as above but with heavier contour lines and elevations labeled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1591325528148-4AR4JLUYQB5ADDJLN6HO/site+area+3.JPG Maps of the Entire SIte Area MAP 7 of 26: Aerial map showing Benshoff Hill Road, Linkville Road and Hinckston Run Road - Waterfall Drive (central Middle Taylor Township). https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/air-pollution-extra daily 0.75 2024-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1597978728826-DS6VHVEEVDM8BRRRSIBI/nbc.JPG Air pollution (extra) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1598493287686-VNUNAO8OCHBURLZVKNYK/Steel+industry+emissions+Johnstown+Case+Study.JPG Air pollution (extra) Table IV-14 Steel Industry: Air Emission Inventory (tons per year). Based on a steel facilities inventory of the Bethlehem Steel Corp. and U.S. Steel plants in the Johnstown area prior to 1977. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/b0860041-4473-41a9-a267-52ad8346827b/plant+2.jpg Air pollution (extra) - Make it stand out Large electric power generating station west of Johnstown PA (source: ESRI aerial mapping) https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/epilogue daily 0.75 2024-12-08 https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/quemahoning-dam-extra daily 0.75 2024-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1629864414906-N6FS1W739DIB0HQAK6OD/eap+3.JPG Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1629946690936-QFAKFT7U4YBW23HKAHEE/South+fork+dam+relation+to+Johnstown+%28USGS+National+Map%29.JPG Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out The red dot on this map shows the location of the breached South Fork Dam at the same spot as the map above and to show that location relative to the City of Johnstown which was to the west and downstream. The Little Conemaugh River is in blue color and runs in a right-to-left (east to west) direction. Johnstown is labeled and is situated at the bottom left-hand corner (west) side of the map. (Source: USGS National Map) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1630121666166-JK19LMUHRRGE3BP5V1YP/Flow+in+rivers+during+1977+flood.JPG Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1632277201624-YLMM1YB1EC5U1Y3ML8AL/que+1.JPG Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out Aerial view of the principal flow control spillway and earthen embankment (dam breast) of the Quemahoning Dam in Somerset County, PA (Source: YouTube, date 2016). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1630119818634-I7EFKTWFJZH51RHCIL28/gauge+3.JPG Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out This is more detailed information about USGS Station 03041029 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1630637822157-6O98U47UW786INQAT277/usgsIcon.gif Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1630119719487-SCM6JY6W4BEZRLXWNGXW/gauge+2.JPG Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out Gage heights to watch out for at USGS Station 03041029 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1630119887800-K9E1FM65CB8C2ZQ7N0MQ/gauge+photo.JPG Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out Photograph of USGS Station 03041029 on the 4th Street bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1630119492733-5HJM7G8BR0JWZMM73PT2/gauge+map.JPG Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out Aerial map showing the location of USGS Station 03041029 at the Conemaugh River in Minersville in the Cambria City section of the City of Johnstown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1629946906590-G9KA7327V64GYY8CUTJV/Aerial+for+website+2.JPG Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out This is an aerial map showing the 850 acre plus lake/reservoir behind the Quemahoning Dam. The earthen embankment and spillway is at the top right-hand (northeast) part of the map and US Route 219 is partially visible in the upper left-hand (northwest) corner of the map. (Source: USGS National Map) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1629864377746-L4UPCLBR0IB4RI1UU1R5/EAP+2.JPG Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1629864336227-LYN1FP047K07BXLYA4K8/eap+1.JPG Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1629946823373-HCF4GTOTCQX34MTFM5Y3/Quemahoning+dam+relative+to+Johnstown+%28USGS+National+Map%29.JPG Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out The purple dot on this map shows the location of the Quemahoning Dam in relation to the City of Johnstown to the north. The Stonycreek River is in blue color and runs from the dam in an bottom-to-top (south to north) direction. Johnstown is at the top-middle (north) part of the map. (Source: USGS National Map) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1630119614594-2H00TIPAYHFUA8YL0LLX/gauge+1.JPG Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out Basic information about USGS Station 03041029 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1629946867518-0X5OENIJ0BA82CQJOPE1/Aerial+for+website+1.JPG Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out This is an aerial map close-up of the impressive dam and spillway works for the Quemahoning Dam. The earthen embankment is the triangular-shaped area just above (north) of the edge of water. The primary spillway and outlet channel is on the left (west) side and the emergency spillway is on the right (east) side of the dam embankment. (Source: USGS National Map) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/8a6c0e0d-d73c-472d-916e-1f0d2a137081/forecaster.JPG Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/7d248952-89ee-48d3-ac58-d5e3c889f93c/quedampicme1.jpg Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out The emergency (auxiliary) spillway of the Quemahoning Dam (September 2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1630120107949-C3SHKF0J03EOHC8EA30B/Example+flow.JPG Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out FLOW/DISCHARGE - Sample of a graph showing discharge/flow rate in cubic feet per second (left side) versus date (bottom) for USGS Station 03041029. Flow rate in the river was 1,070 cubic feet per second on the date this data was obtained on August 27, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1630120008703-CU660XMNVQ8SDGJGCCQR/Ex+gauge+height.JPG Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out GAGE HEIGHT - Sample of a graph showing gauge height in feet (left side) versus date (bottom) for USGS Station 03041029. Gauge height of the river was 3.36 feet on the date this data was obtained on August 27, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1629946525070-BPUJYVZNOJC1LC2VYITR/breached+dam+location.JPG Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out The gray dot on this map shows the location of the breached South Fork Dam along the South Fork of the Little Conemaugh River near Sidman and St. Michael. US Route 219 is the red-line which crosses the waterway just downstream of where the dam embankment used to be. (Source: USGS National Map) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/45ecaf58-8048-4ad1-9b7b-fd380817fb4b/que+1.jpg Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out The emergency (auxiliary) spillway in action at the Quemahoning Dam (Source: WJAC April 3, 2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1630121781243-7RT28MDUJNID9OQVGW2H/Precip+1977+flood.JPG Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out Source: USGS publication about the 1977 Johnstown Flood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/1629947160834-DLNR1GQS95S03PKNX0O6/My+Hometown+comparison+of+two+dams+for+my+website.JPG Quemahoning Dam (extra) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.benshoffhillwater.com/environmental-justice daily 0.75 2024-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/8c780a34-8e34-44ae-b0b6-779d613f823c/ej.jpg Environmental Justice - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/66cb0b82-60f4-4e82-92f8-a07be7b081d3/haz+waste.jpg Environmental Justice - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b5e72f8bc0c0001ec3624/9ee45588-e51f-4649-b329-9b0c1ca88c54/epa+definition+of+environmental+justice.jpg Environmental Justice - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.