1921 industrial disaster in present-day Ludwigshafen, Germany
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Aerial photograph from Popular Mechanics magazine, 1921
The Oppau explosion occurred on September 21, 1921, when approximately 4,500 metric tons of a mixture of ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate fertilizer stored in a tower silo exploded at a BASF plant in Oppau, now part of Ludwigshafen, Germany, killing 500–600 people and injuring about 2,000 more.
The Oppauexplosion occurred on September 21, 1921, when approximately 4,500 metric tons of a mixture of ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate fertilizer...
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the Oppauexplosion of 1921 (one of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions), the Texas City disaster of 1947, the 2015 Tianjin explosions in China...
First World War. On 21 September 1921, an explosion occurred in Oppau, killing 565 people. The Oppauexplosion was the biggest industrial accident in German...
accident involving fires and/or explosions from hazardous materials in a process or storage plant since the Oppauexplosion in 1921. The incident took place...
froze to death in the lake and were not recovered. September 21, 1921: Oppauexplosion, Germany. Occurred when a tower silo storing 4,500 tonnes of a mixture...
responsible for several industrial disasters, including the following: 1921 Oppauexplosion in Germany 1947 Texas City disaster in Texas City, Texas 2004 Ryongchon...
a list of accidental explosions and facts about each one, grouped by the time of their occurrence. It does not include explosions caused by terrorist attacks...
like the explosion of 1921 and the flood of 1882. Position Church Water tower Street Edigheim (ca. 9,000 inhabitants) had once been a part of Oppau in the...
expressing energy, typically used to describe the energy released in an explosion. The ton of TNT is a unit of energy defined by convention to be 4.184 gigajoules...
death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable...
made in Germany in 1913 by BASF at Oppau, near Ludwigshafen (the plant was destroyed in 1921 by the Oppauexplosion). Ammonium compounds are used not only...
octagon and is decorated with various rosette windows As a result of the Oppauexplosion on 21 September 1921, nothing remains of the Medieval glass windows...
world's first fast food chain. September 21 – The Oppauexplosion occurs at BASF's nitrate factory in Oppau, Germany; 500–600 are killed. September 28 – Sauerländer...
the mass. Examples are Kriewald, Morgan, Oppau, Tessenderlo, and Traskwood. In the second case, the explosion results from a fire that spreads into the...
manufactured using the Haber process on an industrial scale in 1913 in BASF's Oppau plant in Germany, reaching 20 tonnes/day in 1914. During World War I, the...
intervening hills. The resulting explosion released the equivalent energy of 21 ± 2 kt (87.9 ± 8.4 TJ). Big Stink spotted the explosion from 160 kilometers (100 mi)...
attack occurred. Of the American fatalities, nearly half were due to the explosion of Arizona's forward magazine after she was hit by a modified 16-inch...
Industrial Nightmares 21 September 1921: the BASF fertilizer factory explosion in Oppau Germany results in 561 deaths and over 2000 injuries. Since the ammonium...
romanized: jumoku, lit. 'trees and shrubs'. The heat emitted by the explosion in Hiroshima within the first three seconds at a distance of three kilometres...
from disrupting the attack. "It is not possible to describe! Explosion after explosion. It was beyond belief, worse than the blackest nightmare. So many...
MV Neptuna explodes at Stokes Hill Wharf. In front of the explosion is HMAS Vigilant which is undertaking rescue work. In the centre background is the...
the "Little Boy" atomic bomb over the center of the city. The resulting explosion killed tens of thousands of people and destroyed about 4.7 square miles...
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