Photograph
Water Pipe Break at Main Street and Monona Avenue
Two workmen in coveralls are laying hose to pump water from a flooded pit where the Pioneer Building was demolished at Main Street and Monona Avenue. On the right is the broken 4-inch pipe gushing water in the site. In the upper left corner is the Bank of Madison at 1 West Main Street. |
Image ID: | 139072 |
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Creation Date: | 10 29 1957 |
Creator Name: | Stein, Edwin |
City: | Madison |
County: | Dane |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | Edwin Stein negatives and photographs, 1952-1965 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | negative, original |
Original Format Number: | PH 2709.0522 |
Original Dimensions: | 35 mm |
One of 4 images. Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on October 31, 1957. Monona Avenue today is Martin Luther King Boulevard. |
Hats |
Work clothes |
Assistance in emergencies |
Floods |
Banks and banking |
Central business districts |
Cities and towns |
Outdoor photography |
Streets |
Blue collar workers |
Manual work |
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