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[Aerial view of refinery structures after the 1947 Texas City disaster]

Description: An aerial view of Republic's refinery facilities after the 1947 Disaster. In the foreground, the large spherical liquid petroleum tank has been visibly damaged on the left and top portions of the sphere. A spiralling stairway runs from the ground to the top of the tank. Behind the tank are other refinery pipelines and structures, and a line of freight cars.
Date: April 16, 1947
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Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Damaged warehouse and storage tanks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Two men stand on top of a line of damaged railroad freight cars. Another man sits on the top of a freight car while several men below sort through debris. To the right of the train cars a long warehouse building has been destroyed. Metal and wooden debris and a number of dark barrels line the railroad tracks. In the distance on the right a number of the storage tanks from the Richardson-Republic tank farm can be seen, many of which have visible crushing and compression damage. The number "… more
Date: April 16, 1947
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[Pipeline and structural damage to piers after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Multiple pipelines, running along the bay toward the loading docks, lie broken and twisted near the water. Some pipelines hang into the waters of the bay. A metal track extends to the water with its supports missing. Broken pilings and wharf supports have been destroyed and debris is scattered all along the shore and covers a section of the water. On the right, large metal frameworks covering a track or conveyor system have twisted and buckled. In the distance, hoisting cranes and loading st… more
Date: April 16, 1947
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[Damaged cooling tower after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Refinery structures after the Texas City disaster. The round storage tank on the left shows compression denting along the top seam and the side and a large puncture or dent near the bottom. A small sheet metal structure standing next to that tank has damage and missing sections in several places. Some wooden boards, perhaps arranged as a walkway, are visible lying on the ground in front of the structures. The ground appears to be wet, perhaps with spilled petroleum products, in a number of … more
Date: April 16, 1947
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Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Interior view of a damaged storage tank after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: An interior view of the top of a metal cylindrical storage tank. Metal structural supports hang twisted and broken on the left side, lower left, and right middle portions of the photograph. Other interior metal suports are twisted and bent. There is a hole in the left center portion of the top of the tank near the side/top joining.
Date: April 16, 1947
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Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Aerial view of the burning Monsanto plant after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: An aerial view from the north of part of the Monsanto refinery and processing compound with flames visible in several areas and huge clouds of very dark smoke covering most of the photograph. Storage tanks, pipeline control facilities, and two towers can be identified. On the far right in the background are two water towers. The number "#46" is written in the lower right corner.
Date: April 16, 1947
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Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[A view of the Union Carbide storage terminal after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Behind a wall, round storage tanks stand in rows, showing compression damage with sides and roofs dented, warped and crushed. Behind the round tanks, a spherical tank with a spiralling staircase can be seen. In the foreground, four sets of parallel railroad tracks cross the pictures. Pieces of pipes, valves, railroad ties and other debris are scattered over the ground. A wheeled vehicle sits on one set of tracks and two sets of buckets or scoops sit between two sets of tracks.
Date: April 16, 1947
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Location: 29.370267 -94.942259
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Damaged storage tanks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: A view of fourteen round storage tanks taken from across a dirt road lined with power poles. One power line is down, lying in the road. Debris is strewn on the ground in the foreground. Across the road near the storage tanks, pipes of varying sizes lie broken and bent on the ground. A number of the storage tanks have visible compression crushing and denting damage. A spherical butane/LPG tank is visible on the far right. Behind the tanks, two tall water towers are visible.
Date: April 16, 1947
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Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Damaged storage tanks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: A view of part of the storage tank farm after the Texas City Disaster. Five round storage tanks and a butane/liquid petrolem gas sphere storage tank can be seen. The two tanks on the far right show significant crushing on the tops and sides of the tank. The second tank on the left has a section on the left crushed inward.
Date: April 16, 1947
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Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Industrial damage near the storage tanks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: The photograph was taken from a raised position looking down. A field of storage tanks is in the background with compression damage visible on several of the tanks. In front of the tanks is a long one story building with visible roof and window damage. Very large, long storage tanks and a type of control facility are on the right. Four smokestacks, storage tanks and a large two-story building are visible at the far left. Railroad tracks, power lines, and pipelines run diagonally across the… more
Date: April 16, 1947
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[Ruins of a warehouse after the 1947 Texas City disaster]

Description: This photograph appears to have been taken from the top of a car in a line of train boxcars seen on the left in the image. This set of train cars, with visible damage, stands alongside the remnants of a warehouse. None of the structure of the warehouse is discernable. There is extensive debris scattered around stacks of some product packed in fabric bags and arranged in large square stacks. Each stack contains at least 500 bags and there are at least 14 large stacks, some visibly damaged. … more
Date: April 16, 1947
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[Damaged railroad cars and storage tanks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: A line of damaged freight cars stands amid metal and wooden debris. The top of a crane is seen beyond the train cars behind a large pile of debris. In the far background is a storage tank farm, with visible compression damage on a number of the tanks. On the horizon, in the direction of the port, are heavy clouds of white and black smoke. In the foreground three military personnel stand looking at the damage. On the reverse side of the photograph is written: "From John P. Blazetic with 32… more
Date: April 16, 1947
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[A ruined storage tank after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: A flat-bed truck, with its windshield blow out, sits alongside the remains of a storage tank that has been destroyed. A large pile of wooden and metal debris is heaped in front of the crushed walls of the tank. On the right, in the distance, two receding lines of power utility poles and other storage tanks can be seen. The top of the print has a handwritten note in ink reading "Texas City Disaster Photograph."
Date: April 16, 1947
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Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Aerial view of the burning Monsanto plant after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: An aerial view of the refinery structures near the coastline during the Texas City Disaster. Enormous plumes of very heavy black smoke fills most of the image. Flames from a burning storage tank can be seen near the middle of the photograph. Beyond and to the right, through a break in the heavy smoke, can be seen rows of round storage tanks. On the right, a portion of a road with right angle bend can be seen. There are many vehicles parked along the sides of the road.
Date: April 16, 1947
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Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Photograph of Fires Near the Port During the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Photograph of a view taken from out on the water near the refinery structures in the port area after the explosions. Two large refinery tower structures are on the right with elevated pipelines in front at the shoreline. Damage to the pipelines and other structural damage is visible. Debris is scattered along the shore. Large clouds of heavy black smoke come from burning storage tanks and other structures. The large Monsanto plant with heavy damage can be seen evidently still burning through th… more
Date: April 16, 1947
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Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
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