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Emergency Work

November 30, 1913

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Emergency Work
  • Title
  • Emergency Work
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • November 30, 1913
  • Identifier
  • 715.133845.CP
  • Description
  • Men are scattered through the lumber yard digging open a ditch at the head of 33rd Street, in emergency work to repair the effects of the 33rd Street Sewer Explosion. On the bridge above, large numbers of men gather to watch the workers. The image is being taken from the lumber yard roof, looking east.
  • Extent
  • 6.5 x 8.5 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Underground utility lines
    Public works
    Blue collar workers
    Railroad tracks
    Industrial buildings
    Railroad bridges
    Streets
    33rd Street Sewer (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Explosion, 1913
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Lawrenceville (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Lower Lawrenceville (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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