An aerial view of the Texas City port before the 1947 Texas City Disaster. The grain elevator, a tank farm, the port facilities, the Monsanto building, the Seatrain loading crane, a smokestack, some refinery facilities and some residential housing can be seen. The print has a handwritten caption at the top: "Texas City Disaster photograph." 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8.25 x 10 in. nol image image_photo United States - Texas - Galveston County - Texas City mod-tim 1947-04-15 1947-04-15 [Aerial view of the port area before the 1947 Texas City Disaster] local-cont-no: ntbkb-001a Places - United States - Texas - Galveston County - Texas City Business, Economics and Finance - Shipping - Wharves Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Ships Texas Landscape and Nature - Water - Gulf of Mexico Business, Economics and Finance - Oil and Gas - Refineries Agriculture - Processing and Storage - Grain Elevators Seatrain loading crane Smokestack - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Grain elevators - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Cargo ships - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Warehouses - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Boat & ship industry - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Piers & wharves - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Marine terminals - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Refineries - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Petroleum industry - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Monsanto (Texas City, Texas) Houses - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Social Life and Customs - Homes Storage tanks - Texas - Texas City - 1947 ark: ark:/67531/metapth11846 http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11846/