Texas City Explosion: Ammonium Nitrate Levels a Town
The French cargo ship Grandcamp exploded in Texas City harbor, detonating 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate and triggering a chain reaction that destroyed the nearby chemical plants, killed nearly 600 people, and leveled much of the waterfront. The disaster remains the deadliest industrial accident in American history and rewrote federal hazardous materials regulations.
April 16, 1947
79 years ago
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