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Order Number	00079293
Title	Natural gas explosion at Sylmar
Photographer	Goodenow, Guy.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HH_b007_f2_i47
Date	1971
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;28 x 36 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	At least 20 workers were trapped in an aqueduct tunnel near Sylmar, Calif., after a natural gas explosion. The workers were constructing part of a five-mile tunnel for the Department of Water and Power.
Description	Photograph caption reads: "Aerial view of gaping 33-foot in diamer surge shaft that drops 140 feet into the ground and onto the 5 1/2 mile long tunnel. This shaft is at middle of the tunnel and was the main scene of operations Saturday with rescuers and investigators being raised and lowered into the tunnel". Photograph dated: June 27,1971.
Subject	Explosions--California--Los Angeles. Search and rescue operations--California--Los Angeles. Construction industry--Accidents--California--Los Angeles. Tunnels--California--Los Angeles. Natural gas--California--Los Angeles. Sylmar (Los Angeles, Calif.). Sylmar (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Aerial views. Aerial photographs. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs. Los Angeles (Calif.).Department of Water and Power.
Format	Photographic prints
Credits	Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection