50 years ago, Hurricane Agnes left indelible mark
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Jim Scott pulls a boat through flood water near his home on First Street in Freeport in June 1972. The others in the boat are (from left) Paul White, Dennis Huth, Bob Brant and Jim Swartz Jr. A sixth person behind the boat, whose hand is visible, could not be identified.
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Jim Swartz Jr., 69, stands on First Street in Freeport, in about the same area where he was photographed with other teens in a boat during flooding brought on by Hurricane Agnes 50 years ago in June 1972. Swartz, a former borough councilman and mayor since 2009, recently resigned as mayor.
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A marker placed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shows how high the water reached on the Valley Mill grist mill along Buffalo Creek in the Laneville section of Freeport during the Hurricane Agnes flood in June 1972.
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Springhill Road is flooded on June 22, 1972.
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Flooding in the Alle-Kiski Valley on June 24, 1972.
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Flooding in the Alle-Kiski Valley on June 24, 1972.
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Flooding in the Alle-Kiski Valley on June 24, 1972.
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Flooding in the Alle-Kiski Valley on June 24, 1972.
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Flooding in the Alle-Kiski Valley on June 24, 1972.
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Flooding in the Alle-Kiski Valley on June 24, 1972.
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The lockmaster watches the rising water at Lock No. 4 on the Allegheny River on June 22, 1972.
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The lockmaster watches the rising water at Lock No. 4 on the Allegheny River on June 22, 1972.
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Flooding in the Alle-Kiski Valley on June 24, 1972.
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Crews clear a hill slide along Route 28 between New Kensington Bridge and Springdale on June 24, 1972.
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President Richard Nixon studies flood damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Agnes near Harrisburg from his helicopter window on June 24, 1972.
