Gas workers check gas level after shutting down ruptured line. Crews working for a private company were installing fiber optic communications lines under the intersection of 1st and Mission streets when the rupture occurred, forcing several dozen people out of homes and offices and clogging traffic. Photograph dated July 25, 1989.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;32 x 23 cm. on sheet 36 x 28 cm. Photographic prints
Natural gas--Accidents--California--Los Angeles Natural gas pipelines--Accidents--California--Los Angeles Hazardous substances--California--Los Angeles Natural gas--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Bridges--California--Los Angeles First Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) First Street Bridge (Los Angeles, Calif.) Boyle Heights (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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