1947-04-16 2006-03 nol A elevated shot from the rail yards toward the port. View is from above a line of freight cars in the rail yard. Debris lies piled along the line of cars to the far right of the picture. Several men stand on top of one of the cars, while several more stand amid the metal debris below. Another line of rail cars loaded with uniform loads of large forms stands on a parallel set of tracks. In the distance is the grain elevator, a smokestack, two large water towers and the loading structures at the port. Heavy smoke clouds blowing left to right can be seen coming from the port area. The number "#3" is written in the lower right hand corner. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. Texas City Disaster, 1947 Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Railroads Business, Economics and Finance - Shipping Places - United States - Texas - Galveston County - Texas City Disasters - Texas - Texas City - 1947. Industrial accidents - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Debris - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Railroad freight cars - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Railroads - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Grain elevators - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Railroad shops & yards - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Water towers - Texas - Texas City -1947 Agriculture - Processing and Storage - Grain Elevators Explosions - Texas - Texas City - 1947 1 United States - Texas - Galveston County - Texas City mod-tim 1947-04-16 SG06 MMPL public image_photo image veale-045 digitalObjectCreator: Marcelina Spencer digitalObjectCreatorEmail: MarcyChini@hotmail.com creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: 7 creationHardware: UMAX Powerlook 2100 XL 31379024 ark:/67531/metapth11869 meta-pth-11869 meta-pcc-1144861338MPhillips_NT110643_unt_edu mphillips 2006-04-13, 00:04:11 Highland 2006-10-18, 15:49:19 PTH /data/SUM2006/MMPL/box1