Emergency Work on Railroad Tracks

November 29, 1913

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Emergency Work on Railroad Tracks
  • Title
  • Emergency Work on Railroad Tracks
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • November 29, 1913
  • Identifier
  • 715.133842.CP
  • Description
  • A view of the conditions of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad tracks, during emergency work to repair the damage caused by the 33rd Street Sewer Explosion. The image is being taken at the waterline break at the Forfar Street Bridge, looking south, and includes the Commercial Sash & Door Company in the background.
  • Extent
  • 6.5 x 8.5 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Underground utility lines
    Public works
    Blue collar workers
    Railroad tracks
    Industrial buildings
    33rd Street Sewer (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Explosion, 1913
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Forfar Street Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    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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