Mount Union borough
The Flood Took the Dinky Bridge
The St. Patrick's Day Flood of March 17-18, 1936 wasn't a passing inconvenience, it was catastrophic. The Dinky Bridge, which had hauled ganister for decades, was destroyed. Towns across the Juniata Valley were wrecked. The disaster was big enough that Congress passed the Flood Control Act that year.
Sources
- catalog h08 facts
- Photograph credit: huntingdoncountyhistory.com
Checked 2026-07-24 · Historic Mount Union collection
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