Life Lines Used to Evacuate Area--Police and rescue workers use a rope lifeline to evacuate the people of the Social Street area of this city before the Horseshoe Dam broke under pressure from the rising waters of the Blackstone River.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Life Lines Used to Evacuate Area--Police and rescue workers use a rope lifeline to evacuate the people of the Social Street area of this city before the Horseshoe Dam broke under pressure from the rising waters of the Blackstone River.

Associated Press · [ca. August 1955]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Floods: Aug. A55: Wire Photos

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