{"id":2617,"date":"2012-08-21T11:51:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T11:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2617"},"modified":"2015-01-07T17:31:11","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T22:31:11","slug":"march-8-1936-ice-jams-on-the-mon-the-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/08\/21\/march-8-1936-ice-jams-on-the-mon-the-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Ice Jams on the Mon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The winter of 1936 dropped more than 63 inches of snow on Pittsburgh. Ice jams formed on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers.<\/p>\n

On March 16, high temperatures melted the snow and ice.\u00a0Over the next two days, the melting and heavy rain combined to cause the worst\u00a0flood in Pittsburgh\u2019s history.\u00a0The March 18th headline of the Post-Gazette read: \u201cRiver at 34 feet, still rises. Downtown area under water.\u201d<\/p>\n

On March 19, the Post-Gazette\u2019s front page read: \u201cRivers drop: Crest 46 feet; thousands awaiting relief.\u201d \u00a0The lead story reported: \u201cBig aid fund voted; troops guard city; eight known dead. Power fails, large area is in darkness, trolleys stop; food and water scarcity add to peril in wake of flood.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0flood became known as \u201cThe Great St. Patrick\u2019s Day Flood.\u201d<\/p>\n

We found this image in an oversized folder. Only the date and a five-word description were written on the back of this photograph: \u201cIce Jams; Point Bridge; Monongahela.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Pittsburgh Press photo)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The winter of 1936 dropped more than 63 inches of snow on Pittsburgh. <\/p>\n

Look at the pictures\u00a0Ice Jams on the Mon<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[946],"tags":[975,959,1038,1040,1052],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m92nf92tbV1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1280%2C822&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1972,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2013\/03\/13\/record-flood-inundates-pittsburgh-in-1907\/","url_meta":{"origin":2617,"position":0},"title":"Record flood inundates Pittsburgh in 1907","date":"March 13, 2013","format":"gallery","excerpt":"When the flood of March 1907 deluged the city at the confluence of three rivers, Pittsburg was spelled without its h.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_mjjwxkZjj51rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C825&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6365,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2016\/01\/20\/pittsburgh-flood-jan-20-20-years-ago\/","url_meta":{"origin":2617,"position":1},"title":"Floods sweep Pittsburgh region, Jan. 20, 20 years ago","date":"January 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"That's when Pittsburgh saw four seasons of weather pushed together in a two-week period of time in the middle of January.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/flood008-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C774&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1961,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2013\/03\/15\/the-great-st-patricks-day-flood-of-1936\/","url_meta":{"origin":2617,"position":2},"title":"The Great St. Patrick\u2019s Day Flood of 1936","date":"March 15, 2013","format":"gallery","excerpt":"Downtown was underwater: The Triangle was swept by unprecedented flood.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_mjntrwbjyX1rr5swxo10_r1_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C901&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4799,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2014\/12\/19\/snow-always-comes-back-to-pennsylvania\/","url_meta":{"origin":2617,"position":3},"title":"Snow always comes back to Pennsylvania","date":"December 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Celebrate Christmas, welcome the New Year and wait for snow\u2026","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Snow-Pittsburgh-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C935&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5556,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2015\/07\/15\/when-hurricane-agnes-slammed-soggy-pittsburgh\/","url_meta":{"origin":2617,"position":4},"title":"When Hurricane Agnes slammed soggy Pittsburgh","date":"July 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Damage and death toll were the highest in Pennsylvania, with more than $2 billion in losses and 50 fatalities.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Hurricane-Agnes-in-Pittsburgh-06.jpg?fit=1000%2C616&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8398,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2018\/01\/24\/january-1978-a-winters-worth-of-weather-in-a-single-month\/","url_meta":{"origin":2617,"position":5},"title":"January 1978: A winter’s worth of weather in a single month","date":"January 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"January 2018 has been pretty eventful, in terms of the weather: record cold, above-average snowfall and even some of the flooding that can be a hallmark of winters around here. 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