TIL of the Texas City Disaster, the deadliest industrial accident in United States history. The explosion, caused by a ship full of ammonium nitrate catching fire, was so large that the ship's anchor serves as a memorial to the explosion where it landed... a mile and a half inland.
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Submitted December 19, 2019 at 12:36PM by TheRobertofDespair https://ift.tt/2tvoABe
Submitted December 19, 2019 at 12:36PM by TheRobertofDespair https://ift.tt/2tvoABe
TIL of the Texas City Disaster, the deadliest industrial accident in United States history. The explosion, caused by a ship full of ammonium nitrate catching fire, was so large that the ship's anchor serves as a memorial to the explosion where it landed... a mile and a half inland.
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