Water main break in University City

Tuesday, July 21, 2015
UNIVERSITY CITY (WPVI) -- Crews responded to a water main break in the University City section of Philadelphia.

The 12-inch water main broke around 4:40 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of 33rd and Market streets.
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Action News viewer Dawn MacAdams-Mull sent in this photo of the water main break.



They were able to turn the water off around 5:00 p.m.

The break caused some disruptions to SEPTA's trolley service.
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