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Dam abutment and Elias Unger's farm
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Location	Croyle Township / Adams Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA
Nearest city	Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Area	164.12 acres (66.42 ha)
Established	August 31, 1964
Visitors	111,987 (in 2005)
Governing body	National Park Service
Website	Johnstown Flood National Memorial

Johnstown Flood National Memorial commemorates the more than 2,200 people who died in the Johnstown Flood on May 31, 1889, caused by a break in the South Fork Dam, an earthen structure. The memorial is located at 733 Lake Road near South Fork, Pennsylvania, about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Johnstown. The memorial preserves the remains of the dam and portions of the former Lake Conemaugh bed, along with the farm of Elias Unger and the clubhouse of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club which owned the dam and reservoir. The United States Congress authorized the national memorial on August 31, 1964.

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