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Title
Major methane gas leak closes shopping strip
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Stern, Louise
Date Created and/or Issued
1989
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
Water and then nitrogen was pumped into a well at Ogden Avenue in the Fairfax district, in hopes of cleaning out the clogged ventilation well that is leaking methane gas. Photograph dated February 9, 1989.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;20 x 31 cm. on sheet 23 x 34 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00096081
Herald Examiner Collection
HE_b008_f3_i12
CARL0005107617
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/30137
Subject
Methane--Accidents--California--Los Angeles
Hazardous substances--California--Los Angeles
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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