1947-04-16 2006-03 nol A long, large pile of pipe, metal and wooden debris covers much of a set of railroad tracks. On a parallel track to the right is a set of freight cars partially blocked from sight by the pile of debris. Two water towers stand in the background. In the foreground lies another heap of metal and wood debris. Heavy black clouds of smoke hang over the scene. Wooden utility or power poles with damaged lines can be seen along both the right and left sides of the photograph. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. Texas City Disaster, 1947 Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Railroads Places - United States - Texas - Galveston County - Texas City Disasters - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Industrial accidents - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Debris - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Railroads - Texas - Texas City -1947 Railroad freight cars - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Water towers - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Explosions - Texas - Texas City - 1947 Railroad tracks - Texas - Texas City - 1947 1 United States - Texas - Galveston County - Texas City mod-tim 1947-04-16 SG06 MMPL public image_photo image veale-039 digitalObjectCreator: Marcelina Spencer digitalObjectCreatorEmail: MarcyChini@hotmail.com creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: 7 creationHardware: UMAX Powerlook 2100 XL 31086732 ark:/67531/metapth11875 meta-pth-11875 meta-pcc-1144860706MPhillips_NT110643_unt_edu mphillips 2006-04-12, 23:53:29 Highland 2007-01-03, 13:30:02 PTH /data/SUM2006/MMPL/box1