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Texas City Industrial Disaster

A massive ammonium nitrate explosion destroyed the port city and killed over 500, becoming one of the deadliest industrial accidents in U.S. history.

WhenApril 16, 1947
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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. history and one of history's largest non-nuclear explosions.

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