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Floor Cracking in the Basement of the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002 After Mine Subsidence

Citation

Gibson, Bob, “Floor Cracking in the Basement of the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002 After Mine Subsidence,” Madison Historical, accessed November 23, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/944.

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Description

This photograph shows cracking on the floor of the basement of the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002. The stick demonstrates the level of mine subsidence. The nursing home closed in the late 1990s. The building was torn down a few years after the photo was taken.

Subjects

  • government
  • Edwardsville
  • Madison County Nursing Home
  • Madison County Tuberculosis Sanitarium

Creator

Gibson, Bob

Contributor

  • Gibson, Bob

Date

December 20, 2002

Language

English

Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Color photographic print
  • jpg

Coverage

  • Edwardsville, Illinois
  • 2000s

Identifier

  • Gibson-Bob-P-0087
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