Ask an Archivist
Home
Collections
Topics
Exhibits
Partners
About
Tutorials
Advanced Search
Langley Hall Explosion
January 1977
View this item
Order Reproduction
Title
Langley Hall Explosion
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
January 1977
Identifier
LANG02.UA
Description
Firemen survey damage from the Langley Hall Explosion which occurred on January 20, 1977 killing Carleen Curry, a secretary, and Patricia Hostetler, a senior chemistry student. The number of injured reported varied between 45 and 49, depending on the source. The explosion was later attributed to a gas leak. The building was rebuilt and reopened in 1982.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Fifth Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Langley Hall (University of Pittsburgh)
Explosions
Rubble
Disasters
Geographic Subjects
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
Collection
Pitt Photographs
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
Pitt Campus Life
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Rights Information
Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Pinterest
Reddit
Twitter
Facebook