On May 31, 1889, the Cambria Iron Company suffered $3,000,000 in damages to its properties throughout the valley, including this building which housed the main office. Cambria Iron was Johnstown's main industry, so the city waited anxiously to hear if the company could recover from such losses. General Manager John Fulton received word on June 4 that the Iron Works would reopen, and he instructed his men to sound the blast furnace and all locomotive whistles, to spread the good news. Some of the less damaged parts of the mills were in partial operation by June 10. The ambitious recovery of the Iron Works served to inspire the rest of the stricken city.
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This building survived the 1889 Johnstown Flood
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