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The steamboat Island Queen is consumed by fire
George L. Bower, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette1947
Senator John Heinz History Center
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
The Island Queen was one of the largest excursion steamboats still operating when it exploded while docked in Pittsburgh on September 9, 1947. The blast was felt throughout downtown. Nineteen crew members perished in the disaster, which was estimated at a $1,000,000 loss.
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- Title: The steamboat Island Queen is consumed by fire
- Creator: George L. Bower, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Date Created: 1947
- Location: Pittsburgh, Pa.
- Type: Photograph
- Original Source: Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center
- Object ID: MSR566.B002.F10.I01
- Exhibit or Collection: #Pixburgh: A Photographic Experience (December 2016 to September 2017)
- Donation Information: Gift of Elenore Seidenberg
- Collection Information: Melvin Seidenberg Oversize Photographs, MSR 566, Rauh Jewish Archives
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