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Photos of Manhattan power outage that stopped trains, Broadway shows and business

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  • Radio City Music Hall's bright lights were nowhere to be seen.
    Photo Credit: Howard Schnapp
  • Streets were darkened on Saturday night.
    Photo Credit: Shelby Knowles
  • Outages had knocked out power at four stations, which had been closed to the public on Saturday.
    Photo Credit: Howard Schnapp
  • Emergency response crews at work during the power outage.
    Photo Credit: Shelby Knowles
  • Pedestrians walking towards lights of Times Square through darkened 44th Street.
    Photo Credit: Howard Simmons
  • "To Kill a Mockingbird" marquee was also dark.
    Photo Credit: Howard Simmons
  • Pedestrians walk in the middle of the street while power in midtown was out.
    Photo Credit: Howard Simmons
  • Smiling police officers at moment the lights returned. Power in midtown and upper westside Manhattan.
    Photo Credit: Howard Simmons

Parts of midtown and the Upper West Side were dark for about five hours on Saturday after an electric transmission station caused a widespread power outage.

About 73,000 customers, including an untold number of businesses, Broadway shows, subway lines and aboveground transportation, according to Con Edison.

The outage began about 6:47 p.m. and ended just after midnight when power was finally restored.

Scroll down to see scenes from the darkened city streets.

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