- This is a girder that supports the 1 train as it heads up Broadway from 116th street to 125th street back into the ground. - cyntata2672
Damage by burst main, 129th St. (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Damage by burst main, 129th St.
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the
negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09467
Call Number: LC-B2- 2236-4
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rjones0856 (49 months ago | reply)
Is that the Croton Aqueduct in the background?
cruzigrama (46 months ago | reply)
it's the viaduct (Riverside Drive) that extends from Riverside Park where Claremont Inn stood to 135th street. There used to be a ferry just beyond the viaduct
rjones0856 (46 months ago | reply)
Yeah, I saw a show on TV the other day about NYC's water supply (including the aqueduct), and forgot to go remove my dumb question. Thanks for setting it straight!
misymagicg added this photo to their favorites. (27 months ago)
Eric K. Washington (16 months ago | reply)
The photo was taken in Manhattanville (West Harlem). The photo shows the aftermath of a burst water main on West 129th Street just east of the crossing at Broadway which occurred on June 23rd, so the photo was probably taken later that month. The NY Times reported ("Flood Rages In Manhattan Valley," June 24, 1911) the loss of 3,000,000 gallons of water from the "city's dwindling supply" and $10- to $15,000 in property damage. The vertical girder to the left holds up the elevated section of the Manhattan Street subway station -- renamed 125th Street Station in 1921 -- of today's #1 line. The front of the white Sheffield Farms building in the central background (built in 1908, and known today as Columbia University's Prentis Hall) is obscured by a frame structure on the triangular block where area locals will recall the Floridita Cuban Restaurant was located until recently and where a gas station is still in operation. To learn more about this fascinating old NYC neighborhood, see my book, "Manhattanville: Old Heart of West Harlem." Thank you LOC for sharing this pic, which I'd never seen, although I immediately recognized the event.
Ryan (LOC P&P) (16 months ago | reply)
Thank you, Eric, for your synopsis of the event and details about the neighborhood. We'll fill in the caption information and date the next time we update the record. I hope that you will continue to browse our images and share your research. Your book sounds fascinating.
ADwOw added this photo to his favorites. (3 months ago)