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Gaping at 33rd Street Sewer Explosion

November 26, 1913

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Gaping at 33rd Street Sewer Explosion
  • Title
  • Gaping at 33rd Street Sewer Explosion
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • November 26, 1913
  • Identifier
  • 715.133750.CP
  • Description
  • Onlookers surround the roped off area around the Thirty-third Street break trying to get a glimpse at the effects of the 33rd Street Sewer Explosion. The man on the far right is a policeman, guarding the dangerous area between Liberty Avenue and Penn Avenue. The view is looking northwest.
  • Extent
  • 6.5 x 8.5 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Underground utility lines
    Public works
    Industrial buildings
    Police
    Pedestrians
    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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