Remembering the 1977 New York blackout, 42 years later

Blackout New York 1977. New York City blackout of 1977 Alchetron, the free social encyclopedia During the 1977 blackout in New York City, Christopher Vanager was a 12-year-old living in Brooklyn with his mother In just 24 hours, more than $300 million of the property had been damaged.

Consolidated Edison (ConEd), the utility New Yorkers love to hate—was singled out by Mayor Abraham Beame as the sole reason for the 1977 blackouts, citing "gross negligence" on its part for the blackout that caused so much looting, arson and violence in the city over the span of 12 sweltering hours in July.Con Ed chairman Charles Luce cited "acts of God" and the unpredictable and. Friday marks the 30th anniversary of the 1977 blackout, a chaotic event that became a symbol of the malaise affecting America's cities

Photos from the 1977 New York City blackout 40 years ago today Business Insider

Consolidated Edison (ConEd), the utility New Yorkers love to hate—was singled out by Mayor Abraham Beame as the sole reason for the 1977 blackouts, citing "gross negligence" on its part for the blackout that caused so much looting, arson and violence in the city over the span of 12 sweltering hours in July.Con Ed chairman Charles Luce cited "acts of God" and the unpredictable and. This outage occurred during a period of extreme heat and humidity, exacerbating the situation for residents on July 14 — 1,000 fires were reported, 1,600 stores were damaged in looting and rioting and 3,700 people were arrested.

In Pictures Archive Photos Show Scenes From the 1977 New York City Blackout NBC4 Washington. After attempts to manually shed load (allow some blackouts to prevent a system-wide failure) failed, the biggest generator in New York City as well as the entire Con Edison power system. Traffic lights went dark, elevators stalled, subways ground to halt

These photos show the infamous New York City blackout of 1977 Rare Historical Photos. The New York blackout of 1977 started when lightning struck an electrical substation on the Hudson River, taking out several critical power transmission lines The New York City blackout of 1977 was an electricity blackout that affected most of New York City on July 13-14, 1977