Collapsed overpass beside Sullivan Square El station, May 22, 1952.

Title:: Collapsed overpass beside Sullivan Square El station, May 22, 1952.
Description:: Collapsed overpass beside Sullivan Square Elevated Station, May 22, 1952. Fell at 8:30 P.M. On May 8, 1956 Judge Frank S. Deland filed a report as auditor awarding the Dematteo Co. contractors $456, 189 for making repairs. He stated that the collapse was in no way due to the workmanship or materials used by Dematteo, but caused by faults in design which could and should have been foreseen by the design engineers of the Department of Public Works.
Photographer:: Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Collector:: Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Name on Item:: Photo by Wolcott Cutler
Date:: May 22, 1952
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Lantern slides
Location:: Boston Public Library
Charlestown Branch Library
Collection (local):: Charlestown Lantern Slides
Subjects:: Bridge failures
Elevated railroads
Elevated highways
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Charlestown
Bunker Hill Street District
Extent:: 1 photograph : transparency
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Notes:: Title from materials accompanying item.
Additional information accompanying item: Photographed by Wolcott Cutler: #140:4.
Notes (ownership):: Courtesy of Reverend Wolcott Cutler
Notes (historical):: Reverend Cutler was rector at St. John’s Church from 1924 to 1959 and most likely assembled this collection during that time.
Identifier:: CHA-334-B1