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Emergency Work on 33rd Street

November 28, 1913

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Emergency Work on 33rd Street
  • Title
  • Emergency Work on 33rd Street
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • November 28, 1913
  • Identifier
  • 715.133793.CP
  • Description
  • Shovels sit abandoned in a ditch on 33rd Street as men take a break from emergency repair work, following the 33rd Street Sewer Explosion. The view is between Penn Avenue and Liberty Avenue, looking southeast.
  • Extent
  • 6.5 x 8.5 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Underground utility lines
    Public works
    Industrial buildings
    Blue collar workers
    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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