The Grandcamp explosion has fascinated me since I was a boy. There were actually 2 anchors- the heavier one at I believe 5 tons 'only' traveled 1/2 mile.
It is still used as a case study in how explosions work. People as close as 70 feet away survived unscathed while people in Galveston 10 miles away were driven to the ground from the force.
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The Grandcamp explosion has fascinated me since I was a boy. There were actually 2 anchors- the heavier one at I believe 5 tons 'only' traveled 1/2 mile.
It is still used as a case study in how explosions work. People as close as 70 feet away survived unscathed while people in Galveston 10 miles away were driven to the ground from the force.
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