Texas City disaster
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The 1947 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.
SS Wilson B. Keene, destroyed in the disaster's second explosion
This 2-ton anchor was thrown more than 1.6 miles when Grandcamp exploded.
A five-storey rubber factory beside slip #1
Parking lot 1⁄4 mile (400 m) away from the explosion
Texas City, Texas
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Texas City is a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States. Located on the southwest shoreline of Galveston Bay, Texas City is a busy deepwater port on Texas's Gulf Coast, as well as a petroleum-refining and petrochemical-manufacturing center. The population was 51,898 at the 2020 census, making it the third-largest city in Galveston County, behind League City and Galveston. It is a part of the Houston metropolitan area. The city is notable as the site of a major explosion in 1947 that demolished the port and much of the city.
The Settlement Historic District – Texas City
Frank B. Davison House
Seatrain Louisiana at Refinery Dock, Texas City 1952
Parking lot 1⁄4 mi (400 m) from the explosion