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Title
Train derailed, Compton
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Mullen, Mike
Date Created and/or Issued
1988
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Railroad officials look over at the derailment of three tank cars and a boxcar, which overturned on El Segundo Boulevard and Alameda Street in Compton. One car contained 13,573 gallons of sulfuric acid, while another had 23,530 gallons of tallow. An evacuation plan was readied in case the two should mix, but there was no leakage. Photograph dated January 14, 1988.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;20 x 33 cm. on sheet 27 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00096118
Herald Examiner Collection
HE_b008_f6_i4
CARL0005108482
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/30200
Subject
Railroad accidents--California--Compton
Railroad tracks--California--Compton
Railroad cars--California--Compton
Sulfuric acid--California--Compton
Tallow
Compton (Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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