Lost: a cold water pipe. Washington, D.C., Sept. 5. Seeking a "lost" water line running from the house office building through the Capitol, workmen are digging up the Capitol ground with a steam shovel. When they find the pipe, they will make a connection in order to supply chilled water for the air
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- Date
- 1937
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- Harris & Ewing
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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- 7,942 × 9,996 pixels
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"Lost: a cold water pipe. Washington, D.C., Sept. 5. Seeking a "lost" water line running from the house office building through the Capitol, workmen are digging up the Capitol ground with a steam shovel. When they find the pipe, they will make a connection in order to supply chilled water for the air" (1937). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lost-_a_cold_water_pipe._Washington,_D.C.,_Sept._5._Seeking_a_%22lost%22_water_line_running_from_the_house_office_building_through_the_Capitol,_workmen_are_digging_up_the_Capitol_ground_with_a_LCCN2016872302.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 286877.
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