Pittsburgh Brewing Company Floods

May 27, 1914

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Pittsburgh Brewing Company Floods
  • Title
  • Pittsburgh Brewing Company Floods
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • May 27, 1914
  • Identifier
  • 715.144093.CP
  • Description
  • A view of Pittsburgh Junction Railroad outside of Pittsburgh Brewing Company following a heavy rain. Under the Forfar Bridge, one man stands on a pillar away from the water, while four others donning raincoats and hats stand up to their knees in rain water. The image is documenting reconstruction efforts to repair damage caused by the Thirty-third Street Sewer Explosion, and is looking east.
  • Extent
  • 6.5 x 8.5 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Underground utility lines
    Public works
    Breweries
    Commercial buildings
    Floods
    33rd Street Sewer (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Explosion, 1913
  • Geographic Subjects
  • 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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