catskillaqueduct

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1913

1915

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pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
In August 1913, three men were killed and 62 others trapped in a tunnel in Harlem, part of the Catskill Aqueduct, when a fire started in a blacksmith's shop at the head of the shaft. It was especially dangerous because 900 pounds of dynamite were stored in the tunnel. There was no light, no fresh air, and a lot of smoke, but eventually the trapped men were rescued.
empty tent said:
Big NY Times article here with lots of detail: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9E00E...

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Richard Norton said:
Probably: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_Aqueduct
Art Siegel said:
see
swanq said:
Building has plaque "Catskill Water Supply" on right side. I think the plaque at the left reads "A.D. 1914 City of New York."
swanq said:
Could be this building at archive.org/stream/roster00vete#page/n5/mode/2up
The 1st Provisional Regiment of which this is the roster, guarded the New York water supply during 1917.
The roster includes T. O'Conor Sloane, Jr.
archive.org/stream/roster00vete#page/32/mode/2up/search/s...
who is in a nearby Bain photo:
swanq said:
The Minute Men of '17: A History of the Service Rendered During the Recent World War by the Ninth Coast Artillery Corps, New York Guard and the Veteran Corps of Artillery, State of New York books.google.com/books?id=zRo9AAAAYAAJ has more information about the activity. books.google.com/books?id=zRo9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA374&l... has a photo of Sloane.

pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
In August 1913, three men were killed and 62 others trapped in a tunnel in Harlem, part of the Catskill Aqueduct, when a fire started in a blacksmith's shop at the head of the shaft. It was especially dangerous because 900 pounds of dynamite were stored in the tunnel. There was no light, no fresh air, and a lot of smoke, but eventually the trapped men were rescued.
swanq said:
See NYT of August 21, 1913 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E00E4DE123FE633A... "Three men were hurt mortally and sixty-two others were penned in the tunnel at the foot of Shaft 9 of the Catskill Aqueduct at 149th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, from which the air had been cut off by a fire which started in the blacksmith's shop at the head of the shaft at 5:20 o'clock yesterday afternoon."
Anne (LOC P&P) said:
pennylrichards and swanq: Thanks for the additional information. We'll include the event and date next time we update the record.