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The Deadliest Industrial Accident in United States History
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The Deadliest Industrial Accident in United States History
Ammonium nitrate is an important chemical used widely in explosives and artillery during World War II. Surplus ammonium nitrate was repurposed as fertilizer after the war. On April 16, 1947, a French cargo ship named the SS Grandcamp was docked at the port of Texas City, Texas, with 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate to be used as fertilizer. When a fire started on the ship that morning, apparently no one considered how deadly such a concentration o…
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