Broadway looking south from Washington. The illumination bug bit St. Louis in 1882 when 140 plumbers scurried to set up gas pipes for lamplit arches along 44 blocks of the business section. (48/61)

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Broadway looking south from Washington. The illumination bug bit St. Louis in 1882 when 140 plumbers scurried to set up gas pipes for lamplit arches along 44 blocks of the business section.

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