Explosions

Disasters

AAT & LCSH
AAT scope note: "Sudden occurrences of violent expansion or bursting, intentional or accidental, caused by rapidly-developed internal energy, as by chemical or nuclear reaction, or esape of gases or vapors."


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thumbnail Debris on deck of DREDGE NO. 5 sunk after boiler explosion, circa 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1910
1964.518.7
View thumbnail Floating derrick MONARCH assisting DREDGE NO. 5 sunk after boiler explosion, circa 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1910
1964.518.3
View thumbnail Lighter RESOLUTE assisting steamship HUTTONWOOD off Brooklyn, NY, after explosion in hold on August 6, 1918
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1918-08-06
2008.28.8.222
View thumbnail Lighter RESOLUTE assisting steamship HUTTONWOOD off Brooklyn, NY, after explosion in hold on August 6, 1918
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1918-08-06
2008.28.8.223
View thumbnail Floating derrick hoisting crane from DREDGE NO. 5 sunk after boiler explosion, circa 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1910
1964.518.6
View thumbnail Salvage vessels assisting steamship HUTTONWOOD off Brooklyn, NY, after explosion in hold on August 6, 1918
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1918-08-06
2008.28.8.228
View thumbnail Interior of steamship HUTTONWOOD after explosion in hold on August 6, 1918
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1918-08-06
2008.28.8.236
View thumbnail Lighters HENRY SEYMOUR, RESOLUTE and SAXON assisting steamship HUTTONWOOD off Brooklyn, NY, after explosion in hold on August 6, 1918
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1918-08-06
2008.28.8.221
View thumbnail Lighter HENRY SEYMOUR and tugboat EDGAR BAXTER assisting steamship HUTTONWOOD off Brooklyn, NY, after explosion on August 6, 1918
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1918-08-06
2008.28.8.226
View thumbnail Salvage vessels assisting steamship HUTTONWOOD off Brooklyn, NY, after explosion in hold on August 6, 1918
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1918-08-06
2008.28.8.230
View thumbnail Interior of steamship HUTTONWOOD after explosion in hold on August 6, 1918
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1918-08-06
2008.28.8.233
View thumbnail Hoisting crane from DREDGE NO. 5 sunk after boiler explosion, circa 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1910
1964.518.5
View thumbnail Explosion in ocean?, possibly Honolulu, Hawaii, April, 29, 1927
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1927-04-29
1962.1249.95
View thumbnail Steamship HUTTONWOOD off Brooklyn, NY, after explosion in hold on August 6, 1918
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1918-08-06
2008.28.8.224
View thumbnail Salvage vessels assisting steamship HUTTONWOOD off Brooklyn, NY, after explosion in hold on August 6, 1918
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1918-08-06
2008.28.8.227
View thumbnail Interior of steamship HUTTONWOOD after explosion in hold on August 6, 1918
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1918-08-06
2008.28.8.237
View thumbnail Explosion in ocean?, possibly Honolulu, Hawaii, April, 29, 1927
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1927-04-29
1962.1249.93
View thumbnail Wreckage from explosion while loading fertilizer onto freighter, Texas City, TX, April 16, 1947
real photo postcard, divided back
L.L. Cook Co.
1947
2014.49.9507
View thumbnail Lighters assisting steamship HUTTONWOOD off Brooklyn, NY, after explosion in hold on August 6, 1918
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1918-08-06
2008.28.8.225
View thumbnail Interior of steamship HUTTONWOOD after explosion in hold on August 6, 1918
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1918-08-06
2008.28.8.234
View thumbnail Floating derrick hoisting crane from DREDGE NO. 5 sunk after boiler explosion, circa 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1910
1964.518.8
View thumbnail Floating derrick MONARCH assisting DREDGE NO. 5 sunk after boiler explosion, circa 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1910
1964.518.2
View thumbnail Interior of steamship HUTTONWOOD after explosion in hold on August 6, 1918
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1918-08-06
2008.28.8.235
View thumbnail Floating derrick MONARCH assisting DREDGE NO. 5 sunk after boiler explosion, circa 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1910
1964.518.1
View thumbnail Salvage vessels assisting steamship HUTTONWOOD off Brooklyn, NY, after explosion in hold on August 6, 1918
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1918-08-06
2008.28.8.231
View thumbnail Hoisting crane from DREDGE NO. 5 sunk after boiler explosion, circa 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1910
1964.518.4
View thumbnail Salvage vessels assisting steamship HUTTONWOOD off Brooklyn, NY, after explosion in hold on August 6, 1918
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1918-08-06
2008.28.8.229
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