[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
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[Damaged storage tanks near a water tower after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: Damaged barbed wire fencing borders an area of round storage tanks and a control facility. Tanks have visible compression damage. In the foreground on the left, pieces of metal debris lie partially submerged in water standing on the left behind a berm. In the right rear corner stands one or perhaps two water towers.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
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[A ruined storage tank after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: A flat-bed truck, with its windshield blow out, sits alongside the remains of a storage tank that has been destroyed. A large pile of wooden and metal debris is heaped in front of the crushed walls of the tank. On the right, in the distance, two receding lines of power utility poles and other storage tanks can be seen. The top of the print has a handwritten note in ink reading "Texas City Disaster Photograph."
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
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[Damaged storage tanks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: A group of storage tanks on the tank farm show heavy compression and missile damage after the explosions. Metal debris is scattered over the railroad tracks in front of the wall bordering the tank farm. Heavy damage is visible on all six tanks. Heavy black smoke and smaller clouds of white smoke come from behind the tanks. A utility line across the top of the photograph has either broken or has insulation stripped off and hanging in pieces.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
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[Aerial view of the port facilities and the grain elevator 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. A large cargo ship is moored at one of the slips. Three other smaller ships are on the water. Clearly visible are the grain elevator, the smoke stack, the Seatrain loading crane, the Longhorn II aground, damaged storage tanks and the destroyed warehouses and docks. One wall remains from the power house near the grain elevator, and the heavy damage to the Texas City Terminal building can be seen. The badly damaged hull of the Wilson B. Keene can be seen near the Texas City Terminal building. In the bottom right corner is a badly crushed storage tank.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
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[Searching the debris near a damaged storage tank after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: Four men walk through the debris near a ruined storage tank. Two of the men are in uniform. Wooden and metal debris is scattered and piled all over the area. On the right, in the background are a tanker car and a freight car. The word "Forward" can be read on the side of the freight car.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11793/
[Aerial view of the Pan American Refinery in Texas City in 1947]
Date: 1947
Creator: unknown
Description: An aerial view of the Pan American Refinery complex in Texas City in 1947. On the reverse side of the photograph is written: "Texas City Texas 1947 Pan Am Refinery".
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11726/
[Damaged storage tanks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: A damaged round storage tank stands surrounded by water behind a damaged barbed wire fence. Three other storage tanks are visible in the background. Compression damage is evident on all tanks, with sides and tops crushed and dented. One storage tank in the background is completely missing its top, and part of one side is crushed down to ground level.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11724/
[Aerial view of the Monsanto plant and port facilities after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: An aerial view of the port after the explosions. The heavily damaged Monsanto building, the grain elevator, tank farms and storage tanks and the destroyed docks and warehouses are visible. Written on the reverse side of the photograph is: "The Monsanto plant (in right foreground) received extensive damage to office buildings and equipment. There was heavy loss of life among employees."
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11733/
[Aerial view of the grain elevator, the Monsanto building and the Wilson B. Keene after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: An aerial view of the grain elevator, the damaged Monsanto building, the Seatrain loading crane and the port area after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. The ruined hull of the Wilson B. Keene is partially submerged at Slip 1. In the lower left hand corner is a badly crushed storage tank. The Longhorn II resting on dry ground is visible near the middle of the picture.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11729/