Rockbottom Dam

42 Years Later
42 Years Later
42 Years Later
More than four decades after three Binghamton firefighters drowned in the Susquehanna River, the city is preparing to dedicate a monument in their memory.
Long Time Coming
Long Time Coming
Long Time Coming
More than ten years after three Binghamton firefighters died attempting river rescues at the Rockbottom Dam, a memorial to the men is to be erected.
Memorial Discussions
Memorial Discussions
Memorial Discussions
Nearly a decade after Binghamton city council approved a proposal to construct a memorial to three firefighters who drowned near the Rockbottom Dam, there's a renewed effort to have it built. Lawmakers authorized the project in May 2006 but no decisions were made regarding the site for the memorial to the men who died in the Susquehanna River...
40 Years Later
40 Years Later
40 Years Later
A television news videotape of the drowning of two Binghamton firefighters in 1975 continues to be used in training emergency workers. The 15-minute tape documents the tragic sequence of events at the Rockbottom Dam that resulted in the deaths of city Fire Chief John Cox and Captain Donald McGeever...