Fire at the Quad Construction Site

ID: 84-11864-12A

Creator: Avino, Mark

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1984

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 4 Folder November 1984

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Summary

On October 15, 1984 (c. 8:30 a.m.), a thick, black smoke surrounded the Smithsonian Institution Building. It was caused by a fire in a tar-melting machine in the bottom of the Quad construction pit.

Subject

  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • South Yard

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH, November 1984

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 4 Folder November 1984

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1984

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Landscapes
  • Underground construction
  • Fire
  • Construction (Buildings)
  • Smithsonian Institution Quadrangle Complex
  • Accidents
  • Fires

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Landscape

ID Number

84-11864-12A

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographic print

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