Excerpt from The Rivers at Johnstown, Pennsylvania: Report to the Board of Trade of the City of Johnstown The object of the investigations directed by you was to learn the condition of the dams existing on the streams tributary to the Conemaugh River in Johnstown, and the danger, if any, that exists from the presence of such dams on the streams the nature and extent of the obstructions now existing in Stony Creek, the Little Conemaugh and the Conemaugh Rivers, within the city limits, and the proper width that should be given to the rivers to enable them to carry off the waters of the highest flood without injury to the city. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.