Site of the Texas City Disaster (Texas City, Texas)
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The Texas City Disaster of April 16, 1947, started with the mid-morning fire and detonation of approximately 2,300 tons[1] of ammonium nitrate on board the French-registered vessel SS Grandcamp in the port at Texas City, Texas, killing 581 people. It also triggered the first ever class action lawsuit against the United States government, under the then-recently enacted Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), on behalf of 8,485 victims.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_Disaster
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 29°22'35"N 94°53'29"W
- Future Location of Texas City International Container Terminal 0.6 km
- Bollinger Texas City shipyard 1.1 km
- Eastman Texas City Operations 1.5 km
- Heron's Landing 4.7 km
- Tiki Tom's RV Park 8 km
- Pelican Rest Marina 10 km
- Moody Compress and Warehouse 11 km
- Galveston Health & Racquet Club 12 km
- Gulf Coast Fishing Pier 14 km
- Gafftoppers Outdoor Club Retreat 15 km
- Eastman Texas City Operations 0.6 km
- Texas City Industrial Canal 0.9 km
- Valero Energy Refinery 1.6 km
- Marathon Oil Refinery 1.7 km
- Swan Lake 3.6 km
- Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery 3.6 km
- BP Chemical Company 3.8 km
- USACE La Marque-Texas City Levee 6.5 km
- Galveston Bay 17 km
- West Bay/Western Galveston Bay 18 km