This Week in Pittsburgh History: Water Main Break Floods Gateway Center
The break sent a rush of water, two feet deep in some places, through Downtown streets and nearly knocked KDKA-TV off of the air.
Up to 30 million gallons of water flooded the 600 block of Stanwix Street and Fort Duquesne Boulevard Downtown when a 36-inch water main ruptured 17 years ago this week. The Aug. 17, 2005 break dumped more water on that area of Gateway Center than the floods of 2004 and 1996, according to the Tribune-Review. Seven thousand people were evacuated…