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Photos: 1965 blackout across the Northeast

Monday, November 9, 2015
Stranded New York workers wait patiently in a long line to use a phone booth to call home, during the massive power failure of Nov. 9, 1965.
New Yorkers burn papers in a litter basket to illuminate a street corner in the midtown Manhattan section of the city, Nov. 9, 1965.
In this view from the RCA building, New York buildings are blacked out by a power failure, Nov. 9, 1965.
Candles light the way for workers at the Crowell-Collier building on New York's Fifth Avenue after the city was blacked out by a massive power failure.
Turnstiles are crowded with hopeful passengers waiting for word that the trains are back in service following the massive power failure, Nov. 9, 1965.
People sleep sitting and lying down at Grand Central Station's main waiting room in New York, during the massive power failure, Nov. 9, 1965.
Commuters stranded by the power failure settle down for a long wait on the steps of an entrance to New York's Commodore Hotel, Nov. 9, 1965.
Passengers sit patiently in near-darkness in a stalled subway car at West 4th Street in the Manhattan section of New York, Nov. 9, 1965.
The moon shines over Manhattan during an electric blackout on Nov. 9, 1965.
In this Nov. 9, 1965 file photo, New Yorkers eat dinner by candlelight in an automat in Manhattan in New York during a massive blackout 50 years ago.
New York City during the massive blackout as seen from Long Island City on November 9, 1965. The buildings with lights have emergency power generators.
Stranded commuters crowd the ticketing and waiting room at New York's Grand Central Terminal after a blackout that halted train service on Nov. 9, 1965.
A policeman stands in front of a pawn shop in the Bronx area of New York that was looted Nov. 9, 1965 during a massive power blackout.
Manhattan skyscrapers and apartment buildings are dark shortly after 6 p.m. Nov.9,1965 during New York City's massive blackout.
Generator-powered search lights used to publicize movie premieres and supermarket openings are put to use in New York's Times Square during the blackout on Nov. 9, 1965.
Forty-second Street in New York City is lit by floodlights and automobile headlights during the massive power failure, Nov. 9, 1965.
In this Nov. 9, 1965, file photo, Manhattan skyscrapers and apartment buildings seen from across the river in New Jersey are dark shortly after 6 p.m.
FILE - In this Nov. 9, 1965, file photo, cars move slowly on 42nd Street in New York, after a massive blackout in the northeastern United States.
FILE - In this Nov. 9, 1965 file photo, stranded commuters crowd the waiting area of the Long Island Railroad in New York's Pennsylvania Station during a massive power failure.
In this Nov. 9, 1965 file photo, stranded commuters crowd the ticketing and waiting room at New York's Grand Central Terminal 50 years ago, after a blackout halted train service.
Front pages of evening newspapers in London tell the story of the massive power failure that plunged the NE U.S. and parts of Ontario, Canada, into darkness, Nov. 9, 1965.
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Stranded New York workers wait patiently in a long line to use a phone booth to call home, during the massive power failure of Nov. 9, 1965.
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