The Texas City Disaster
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Book Description
The Grandcamp freighter held a deadly recipe in the port city of Texas City in 1947. As workers loaded bags of fertilizer made with ammonium nitrate into the ship's hold, particles from broken bags mixed with flammable debris in the freighter's hot underbelly. Heat caused the ammonium nitrate to combust, leading to one of the worst industrial disasters in U.S. history. In narrative detail, The Tex... More
Book Information
Publisher | Bearport Publishing |
Binding | Library Binding |
Reading Level | Ages 9-12 |
# of Pages | 32 |
ISBN-10 | 1597163635 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1597163637 |
Publication Date | 01/01/2007 |
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