Great Floods of Pennsylvania A Two-Century History
York PA: American Canal and Transportation Center, 1972.
Fourth Printing. Paperback. Very Good- with no dust jacket. Item #13592
Random foxing, otherwise light wear. Solid paperback stapled wraps. ; Second Edition, which included the 1972 Agnes flood with 16 more pages and 25 more illustrations. Shank believed, with good reason, that the "Hundred Year Flood" was incorrect. and "estimated that once every 25 years cities like Harrisburg, Williamsport, Wilkes-Barre, Pittsburgh and Reading can expect major flooding." Written by an engineer, who used his historical research to inform Pennsylvania of its history of flooding. ; 90 pages.
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