The Quemahoning Dam holds back the reservoir near Johnstown, with the concrete spillway and a long steel gate structure spanning the water below wooded hills. Completed in 1913 on Quemahoning Creek in Somerset County, the dam was built by the Cambria Steel Company to supply water for its Johnstown mills. The reservoir later became a public water source and recreation lake.
Linen-textured stock with a cream border; Curt Teich production number 7A-H3802 at lower right and J-4 at upper left.
No postmark — card is unmailed (no stamp, no cancellation). Divided-back linen-texture card with cream border; printed description of the reservoir on the address side; handwritten message "Oct-1-1946" and "Minnie Raynor" in the message area; light edge wear and faint toning.
Cite this card
Quemahoning Dam near Johnstown, Pa., 1946, postcard, c. 1946. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/quemahoning-dam-near-johnstown-pa-1946. Accessed November 2, 2026.
