Livermore, Pennsylvania

The Main Line Canal's Western Division, which stretched 103 miles from Johnstown to Pittsburgh, was constructed past Livermore along the Conemaugh.

[3] The West Penn Railroad extended past Livermore alongside the canal in 1854, and a station was built in 1864, providing connections to Blairsville and Saltsburg.

Grading from Blairsville to the Allegheny River was completed in 1857, and the same year, the state sold the canal to the Pennsylvania Railroad.

[3] Between March 16 and 21, 1936, the tributaries of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers including the Conemaugh flooded as a result of heavy rainfall and melting snow and ice.

Residents of Livermore and other low-lying towns Cokeville and Bairdstown were evacuated by rowboats in the evening of March 17, many gathering at higher ground in Blairsville.

[1] "The Great St. Patrick’s Day Flood" submerged the town under 18 feet of water, sweeping away the bridge spanning the Conemaugh and fourteen buildings, while others were ruined or severely damaged.

Floodwaters destroyed eight homes, four properties, three barns, two garages, and the stocks of both general stores.

[9] The 1870 Census recorded that Livermore, Pennsylvania[10] had 209 native-born residents, and 2 foreigners, with 208 whites and 3 blacks, for a total population of 211.

While the site is now underwater, the buildings of the small town were condemned and torn down before the dam was built and the area was flooded in 1952.