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Civilian defense. A police emergency worker shows how Warsop asoline rockbreaker works. The two-cycled engine delivers 2300 blows per minute, and can be used to break through walls to release trapped persons. The demonstration was at the civilian defense show at Madison Square Garden, New York

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Civilian defense. A police emergency worker shows how Warsop asoline rockbreaker works. The two-cycled engine delivers 2300 blows per minute, and can be used to break through walls to release trapped persons. The demonstration was at the civilian defense show at Madison Square Garden, New York

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Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Date

01/01/1941

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Hollem, Howard R., photographer

Palmer, Alfred T., photographer

United States. Office for Emergency Management.

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40.71278, -74.00594

Google Map of 40.7127837, -74.00594130000002

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Library of Congress

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http://www.loc.gov/

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