[Military personnel near the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: A military vehicle with military personnel is stopped on the road near the port. Two military men stand talking in front of what appears to be a large piece of ship's hull. Behind the vehicle are two more workers, one carrying a pickax over his shoulder. A ship's mast lists heavily to the right in the port, just beyond the road. In the distance can be seen the outlines of a badly damaged building, either a warehouse or the Monsanto building. On the reverse of the photograph is written:"From John P. Blazetic with 32nd Medical Battalion".
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11706/
[Aerial view of the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: An aerial view of the port area after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. Storage tanks, some refinery facilities, the grain elevator, docks, slips, and dock warehouse areas are visible.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11704/
[Aerial view of the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-17
Creator: unknown
Description: An aerial view of the port area after the explosions. White smoke rises from the destroyed dock area. The Monsanto building, refinery facilities, storage tanks, and the grain elevator are visible. Many of the storage tanks have visible damage. Piers and docks show almost total destruction.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11736/
[Collapsed railroad tracks near the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: Railroad freight cars loaded with wooden structures sit on raised railroad tracks leading to the docks. Part of the support structure for the tracks have collapsed underneath the loaded cars. The dock & pier structures closer to the water have been very heavily damaged.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11722/
[The Seatrain loading crane after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: The Seatrain loading crane after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. On the far right, a large crane reaches above the top of the structure. Behind the crane on the right is the badly damaged Monsanto building. To the left of that building is a badly damaged two story building, with two refinery tower structures visible behind it. To the left, behind the Seatrain loading crane is a tanker car and another building behind that.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11720/
[Damage along the shoreline after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: A view of the destruction on the shoreline after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. Wooden and metal debris lines the area where the docks and warehouses were. Debris floats on the water in the port. White smoke rises from near the destroyed warehouses. At the far right, a large piece of metal framework from a warehouse sticks up toward the sky.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11744/
[Aerial view of refinery structures near the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: An aerial view of refinery structures at the port after the explosions and fires. The Seatrain loading crane is visible in the lower left corner. White and black smoke still rise from burning areas.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11738/
[Aerial view of refinery structures near the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: An aerial view of the Monsanto building and the refinery facilities near the port after the explosions. Dark gray smoke streams from a burning structure near the tall refinery towers. The Monsanto building is very heavily damaged. The Seatrain loading crane is visible on the far left. On the reverse side of the photograph is written: "Site of explosion - looking west. Shows damage to Monsanto plant and port facilities."
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11737/
[The Wilson B. Keene after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: The ruined hull of the Wilson B. Keene lists heavily after the explosions and fires. Large piles of metal and other debris are visible along the shore and near the two-story, heavily damaged warehouse directly behind the ship.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11709/
[Wrecked fore end of the Wilson B. Keene in Main Slip after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: The Wilson B. Keene cargo ship lists heavily to the right (toward the dock) after the explosions. Very heavy damage to the ship is visible, and the right side of the ship is actually below the surface of the water. Wooden debris covers the surface of the water. Across the channel, large heaps of debris can be seen on the shore. On the far right hand side of the photograph, along the dock side of a damaged warehouse, near the damaged ship, approximately a dozen men are searching through the rubble and debris. The nearest man on the dock, wearing a suit or sports coat with no tie, is facing toward the photographer but is looking down around his feet, and is himself carrying what appears to be a camera.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11784/