The Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred on April 16, 1947, in the port of Texas City, Texas, United States, located in Galveston Bay. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. …

Texas City explosion of 1947, industrial disaster sparked by the fire and explosion of the SS Grandcamp on April 16–17, 1947, in Texas City, Texas. The blast set off a chain of fires as well as a 15-foot (4.5 …

Find information on the fire that occurred at the Grandcamp ship. Read about the first explosion that occurred in the 1947 Texas City Disaster. Review photos and accounts of the second explosion in …

Jul 1, 1995 · Explore the catastrophic Texas City disaster of 1947, where the SS Grandcamp explosion claimed hundreds of lives and reshaped safety regulations in chemical manufacturing.

It exploded at 1:10 a.m. on April 17 — about sixteen hours after the first blast — compounding the devastation and hindering ongoing rescue work. Texas City’s industrial district was leveled. Oil …

Shortly after 8 a.m. on Wednesday, the 16th of April, 1947, longshoremen were loading ammonium nitrate (fertilizer) onto the cargo ship Grandcamp at the port of Texas City, Texas. As they...

Docked in Texas City, TX, the S.S. Grandcamp, loaded with a cargo 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, suddenly and mysteriously caught fire. After failed attempts to extinguish the flames, the …

On the morning of April 16, 1947, approximately 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate aboard the SS Grandcamp exploded in the port of Texas City. Killing 581 people, the incident remains the deadliest …

A series of fires and explosions on April 16, 1947, culminated in what became known as the Texas City Disaster, a deadly day with hundreds killed and thousands injured in the country’s worst industrial …

On April 16, 1947, the French cargo ship Grandcamp, carrying over 2,000 tons of ammonium nitrate, blew up in the harbor in Texas City, Texas. A nearby ship, the High Flyer, which was carrying …