West, Texas
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West is a city in McLennan County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,531. It is named after Thomas West, the city's first postmaster. The city is in north-central Texas
Top: Czech Stop & Little Czech Bakery, Bottom Left: Aerial view of the town of West, Texas — looking northeast, Bottom Right: View from Oak Street
The Czech Stop and Little Czech Bakery in West
The City Hall and Police Department in West
Restored railroad depot in West
Crash at Crush
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The Crash at Crush was a one-day publicity stunt in the U.S. state of Texas that took place on September 15, 1896, in which two uncrewed locomotives were crashed into each other head-on at high speed.
West, Texas
…It had become the center of commerce for the area. There were cotton gins, grocery stores, churches, schools, and doctors' offices. The temporary city Crush, Texas, three miles (5 km) south of West, was the location of The Crash at Crush, a head-on collision between two locomotives that was staged on September 15…
The locomotive boilers exploding during impact
The locomotives brought together at about 5 pm for publicity photos
The moment of impact. Photographer Joe Deane was blinded in one eye by a flying bolt seconds after taking this photograph.
The crowd explores the wreckage