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Falling section of the steeple of Pearl Street Church, Hartford, August 26, 1899.
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Falling section of the steeple of Pearl Street Church, Hartford, August 26, 1899.
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Title
Falling
section
of the
steeple
of
Pearl
Street
Church
,
Hartford
,
August
26
,
1899
.
Creator
Root, J. E.
Place
Pearl Street (Hartford, Conn.)
Topic
Congregational churches
Church buildings
Wrecking
Theme
Infrastructure
Lifestyle
Description
Ropes
attached
to
tip
of
steeple
,
which
appears
to
hang
in the
air
.
Boards
surround
the
stump
where
the
tip
has
broken
off
.
Men
in
hats
and
caps
look
on.
Letterpress
text
on
back
reads
, in
part
: "The
falling
section
is
forty
feet
in
height
, and was
accomplished
by
/
the
removal
of a
tier
of
stones
at the
northeast
side
,
replaced
by a
jack
/
and
block
,
followed
by the
removal
of
one
half
the
diameter
of the
/
spire
at the
base
of the
block
/
A
heavy
rope
and
pulley
had been
attached
to the
top
, and
when
the
block
was
blown
out
by
dynamite
, the
upper
shaft
gracefully
bowed
to the
earthÂ…
witnessed
by
thousands
of
people
who
had been
anxiously
watching
/
and
waiting
for the
culmination
of this
event
for the
previous
ten
hours
.
/
This
photograph
was
taken
from the
roof
of the
Phoenix
Mutual
Life
Insurance
Company's
building
,
90
feet
in
height
, and
south
of the
church
on the
opposite
side
of the
street.
"
Date created
1899
Physical format
1
photographic
print
;
15
x
9
cm
.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
X.2000.8.6
File
name
0543
img0024.pcd
Source
The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
.
Rights
Reproduction
and
copyright
information
regarding
this
image
is
available
from The
Graphics
Collection
, The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
,
Hartford
.
Sub-collection
Photographs
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Falling section of the steeple of Pearl Street Church, Hartford, August 26, 1899. 