How a 1947 Texas City explosion became America's deadliest industrial disaster, changed U.S. history

The Texas City explosion exposed major gaps in chemical safety standards.
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The Texas explosion so powerful people thought it was an atomic bomb

On April 16, 1947, a fire aboard the cargo ship SS Grandcamp triggered one of the deadliest industrial disasters in American history at the port of Texas City. The vessel was carrying thousands of ...