Aqueduct fire, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service.

Aqueduct fire, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service.

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Aqueduct fire, 1913. Probably shows the Catskill Aqueduct fire, New York City, August 1913. Three men were killed and 62 others trapped in a tunnel in Harlem, part of the Catskill Aqueduct, when a fire started in a blacksmith's shop at the head of the shaft. It was especially dangerous because 900 pounds of dynamite were stored in the tunnel. There was no light, no fresh air, and a lot of smoke, but eventually the trapped men were rescued


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Creator
  1. Bain News Service, attributed to: American: Publisher
People Related
  1. George Grantham Bain: American: Photographer; press photographer, artist, author, inventor

Medium
  1. Glass negatives
  2. Photograph

Picture Type
  1. Still image

Geographic Hierarchy

World North and Central America United States New York New York

  1. 40 42 00 N , 074 00 00 W

World North and Central America United States New York New York Manhattan Harlem

  1. 40 48 00 N , 073 56 00 W

Category Hierarchy

History & Politics Historical Events Disasters

People Other


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5256x3437
File Size : 17,642kb


Aliases

  1. 2014693948
  1. 1010046825
  1. 2014693948
  1. 3-026-475
  1. 3026475

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