Location: GauLey Mountain,Hawk’s Nest Tunnel,West Virginia
TC Begins: 18:00:02
TC Ends: 18:04:45
Duration: 00:04:43
Silicosis Health Problems In Mining & Need For Government Relief Assistance
One of worst industrial accidents in USA. Spring of 1931 5,000 men worked in tunnel to supply hydroelectic power to Union Carbide. Silica Quartz killed at least 764.
Underpass entrance; interior of tunnel w/ lights visible. View out from inside. Dam spillway w/ water over it.
18:01:47 West Virginia town on hillside & river shore. Main street Esso service station, various car garages, CU sign: Doctor L.R. Harless hanging from building. Power plant. Looking down on entrance to tunnel. Interior of tunnel w/ dust in air seen against flares. Men moving into aqueduct w/ burning flares.
18:04:32 Man working on electric pump motor.
Public Health Disasters; 1930s Depression; Mines; Emphysema; Lungs; Breathing Problems; Medical; Environmental Disasters; Miners;
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Silicosis Health Problems In Mining & Need For Government Relief Assistance One of worst industrial accidents in USA. Spring of 1931 5,000 men worked in tunnel to supply hydroelectic power to Union Carbide. Silica Quartz killed at least 764. Underpass entrance; interior of tunnel w/ lights visible. View out from inside. Dam spillway w/ water over it. 18:01:47 West Virginia town on hillside & river shore. Main street Esso service station, various car garages, CU sign: Doctor L.R. Harless hanging from building. Power plant. Looking down on entrance to tunnel. Interior of tunnel w/ dust in air seen against flares. Men moving into aqueduct w/ burning flares. 18:04:32 Man working on electric pump motor. Public Health Disasters; 1930s Depression; Mines; Emphysema; Lungs; Breathing Problems; Medical; Environmental Disasters; Miners;