Scenes from the 1944 East Ohio Gas Co. Explosion
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Buildings across the area of 160 football fields were damaged or outright destroyed.
ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF ART BIELFELT
The East Ohio Gas Co. explosion's epicenter was just north of St. Clair, where East 61st Street dead-ends today.
Men investigate a burned-out car near the Whiteway Stamping Co.
Ruptured sewer lines steeple the roadway along St. Clair.