Friday, July 23, 2010

July 13, 1977: Massive Blackout Plunges New York Into Rioting

1977: Lightning strikes a Consolidated Edison substation along the Hudson River, tripping two circuit breakers and setting off a chain of events that results in a massive power failure. The entire city of New York is blacked out, parts of it for more than 24 hours.

See also:
Photo Gallery
The Big Apple’s Great Blackout of 1977

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