Mon Wharf Closed Today (What Else Is New?)

[Herodotus]

[Benzman66]

And it's going to be closed for the rest of this week.

[airwave09]

LOL! Awesome.

[Impala26]

Here is a listing of the relative flooding based on river level as taken from the National Weather Service:

18 ft Mon Wharf floods
20 ft Water is up to one foot deep in lower areas of the North Shore Riverwalk
22 ft Tenth Street Bypass floods
25 ft Parkway Central (I-376) aka "The Bathtub" floods
29 ft River Avenue on the North Side floods
31 ft Water Reaches the railroad tracks at Station Square
36 ft Port Authority subway system is affected

Historical Crests:

29.23 ft on 01/22/1959
31.00 ft on 09/18/2004
31.60 ft on 03/11/1964
32.40 ft on 10/16/1954
34.50 ft on 01/26/1937
34.60 ft on 01/20/1996
35.10 ft on 04/27/1937
35.82 ft on 06/24/1972
36.60 ft on 12/31/1942
46.00 ft on 03/18/1936

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by Impala26

36 ft Port Authority subway system is affected

Historical Crests:

46.00 ft on 03/18/1936

Was all of Downtown flooded then in 1936?

[I_Like_Spam]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

Was all of Downtown flooded then in 1936?

I don't think so, downtown has a fairly sharp increase in elevation and 46 ft wouldn't be enough to flood Grant St near the courthouse for sure.

A lot of buildings in town have markers for the high water points.


But the flood effected a lot more than downtown. My mother was rescued in a row boat from the 2nd floor in Etna.

[greg42]

Not all of it because of the hill, but the lower streets near the point were all well under water. Even lower flood levels put those streets under water I believe until different flood controls (like the wall along Ft Duquesne, the dams on the rivers, etc.) were put in place. At least, I believe those were all later, though I don't know the dates of them.

If you check the building at Stanwix and Penn (former Horne's department store from way way back, now owned by Highmark), it may still have the markings on there at least for 1936. I walk by there often but can't remember if they are still there. The 1936 flood level was, if I remember correctly, well over your head on Stanwix, if that gives you any idea. I'll try to remember to notice if there are any markers still on that building next time I go by (probably will be Friday at soonest, not tomorrow).

[greg42]

Here's a good article from 5 years ago: Pittsburgh's awash in flood of memories - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Apparently much of the Strip, North Side, South Side, all under water. Klavon's has a line painted inside where the water was, almost at the ceiling. There's a pic there too of the marker on the Highmark (Horne's) building, complete with a couple guys walking by so you can see just how high it is:



And, if you go to this next link (can't be included here) you'll see a pic of the same building with the water there. Having walked on Stanwix nearly every workday for the past 20 years, this is just crazy. I've never before seen this pic with the water at what must be the peak or within a foot or so of the peak: Joseph Horne Company during the flood | The Brady Stewart Collection