# Canonical recap data for Texas City Industrial Disaster (1947)
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slug: texas-city-disaster
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1947/texas-city-disaster"
title: Texas City Industrial Disaster
subtitle: A massive ammonium nitrate explosion destroyed the port city and killed over 500, becoming one of the deadliest industrial accidents in U.S. history.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1947-04-16
datePrecision: day
year: 1947
decade: 1940
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: 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.
summaryLong: 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.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Txcitydisasterboat.jpg/1280px-Txcitydisasterboat.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Texas City disaster"
importance: 72
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_disaster"
  title: Texas City disaster
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- disaster
metaDescription: 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. I
wikidataQid: Q925618
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260628095410/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_Disaster"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-28
  label: Texas City disaster
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_disaster"
