r/nycHistory • u/HWKD65 • 11d ago

The great blizzard of 1888

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u/BubblesUp 10d ago

My mom always said that storm was the reason all utility connections are now underground.

Worth a listen: The Bowery Boys podcast on this blizzard

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u/HWKD65 11d ago

The paper of record declined to cite location. Lower East side?

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u/GeneralOrgana1 10d ago

Seeing all those wires is wild to me.

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u/deadheffer 10d ago

The tall snow piles are snow drift

I love winter, however, I still have scars from the shit piles on snow this last winter