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Emergency Work
November 30, 1913
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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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