About This Item

  • TitleBrooklyn Edison Company
  • Call NumberWORK_1086
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Repair crew gets busy on the main feed line of the Brooklyn Edison Company in its underground conduit on Fulton St., bewteen Sumner and Troy Aves., where fire and explosion yesterday sent a manhole cover at that point hurtling through the air. Walter R. Voss, 33, of 5817 Avenue M, a member of Insurance fire Patrol 10, was treated at St. John's Hospital for injuries received when the explosion threw him against an 'L' pillar."
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: March 15/39; on caption: "Eagle staff photo."
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectConsolidated Edison Company of New York, inc ; Electric industry workers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Electric utilities -- New York (State) -- New York ; Explosions -- New York (State) -- New York ; Manholes -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.