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Carnegie Mills Workers

August 11, 1914

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Carnegie Mills Workers
  • Title
  • Carnegie Mills Workers
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • August 11, 1914
  • Identifier
  • 715.144205.CP
  • Description
  • A view of a group of men repairing the sewer break at the Carnegie Steel Company mills caused by the Thirty-third Street Sewer Explosion. Some men hold on to ropes and poles while sawing beams to prevent themselves from falling into the rushing water. Many other workers gather to watch, some of whom smoke pipes as they observe the situation.
  • Extent
  • 6.5 x 8.5 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Underground utility lines
    Public works
    Blue collar workers
    Steel-works
    33rd Street Sewer (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Explosion, 1913
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Strip (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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