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Mill Street Sewer Cave-In

The appalling scene on the 4300 block of Sansom Street, 9 August 1952. "Pit mined by water escaping from breaks in the sewer carrying Mill Creek underground, extends from curb to curb. Hole measures 40 by 30 feet with a depth of 35 feet."

Neighborhoods
Mill Creek
Decades
1950s
9 August, 1952
Street Address
4300 block of Sansom Street
Attribution/Credit

Evening Bulletin photographs, George D. McDowell Collection, courtesy Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries.