Plant Destroyed by Fire in Flood
Photograph
Plant Destroyed by Fire in Flood
August 20, 1955
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 9/16 × 5 9/16 in. (16.7 × 14.2 cm)
Paper: 8 7/16 × 6 9/16 in. (21.5 × 16.7 cm)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
Inscriptions printed in black ink on image recto, BC: (BX1) PUTNAM, CONN., AUG. 20--PLANT DESTROYED BY FIRE IN \ FLOOD--Smoke still rises from the Metal Sellers Corp., \ three-story plant here today which had been afire \ since yesterday afternoon as the turbulent waters of \ the Quinebaug and French rivers rushed around the \ plant and washed out roadway approach to bridge. The \ downtown area was badly flooded and left the fire- \ department with no route to the fire. \ (APWIREPHOTO) (idkZ1103pic)55; inscribed in black ink on verso, TC: [illegible]
