Steve Young, a dam operator with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, walks along Indian Rock Dam. The dam regulates the flow of the main branch of Codorus Creek into the City of York. The dam, which sits 83 feet above the stream, could not completely contain the creek's waters when Tropical Storm Agnes hit in 1972. The dam was constructed in the early 1940s in response to flooding in 1933 and 1936.
Hurricane Agnes, a tropical storm when it hit York County, reigned and rained 35 years ago.
The storm accumulated some big numbers, as found in a York Daily Record story:
Continue reading Agnes in York County, by the tragic numbers.
