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English: Wreck of the Crescent Limited train on the Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge over the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., in the United States. Flood waters from a storm undermined the bridge's pilings, which led to the crash on August 24, 1933. The engineer died in the wreck.
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Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/thc1995004623/PP
Author Theodor Horydczak Collection, Library of Congress. Theodor Horydczak, photographer.

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