Langley Hall Explosion

January 1977

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Langley Hall Explosion
  • Title
  • Langley Hall Explosion
  • Date
  • January 1977
  • Identifier
  • LANG03.UA
  • Description
  • Room 223 seen after the Langley Hall Explosion which occurred on January 20, 1977, killing Carleen Curry, a secretary, and Patricia Hostetler, a senior chemistry student. The number of injured reported varied between 45 and 49, depending on the source. The explosion was later attributed to a gas leak. The building was rebuilt and reopened in 1982.
  • Extent
  • 8 x 10 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
    photographic prints
    gelatin silver prints
  • Subject
  • Explosions
    Classrooms
    Disasters
    Fifth Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Langley Hall (University of Pittsburgh)
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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