Diagram of Sewer Explosion Investigation

September 17, 1914

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Diagram of Sewer Explosion Investigation
  • Title
  • Diagram of Sewer Explosion Investigation
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • September 17, 1914
  • Identifier
  • 715.148231.CP
  • Description
  • Plans for an apparatus to sample air inside a sewer. The idea was introduced during the investigation of the Thirty-third Street Sewer Explosion, so another disaster could be prevented. At the time, officials believed the explosion occurred because of a gasoline leak into the sewer.
  • Extent
  • 8 x 10 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Air sampling apparatus--Designs and plans
    Underground utility lines
    Public works
    33rd Street Sewer (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Explosion, 1913
  • Geographic Subjects
  • 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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