Tag: Factory

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19th January 1917: 73 people killed in the Silvertown munitions factory explosion in London

19th January 2023
Tagged as: Britain, Civilians, disaster, Explosion, Factory, First World War, Industry, London, TNT

The Brunner Mond chemical factory had been built in 1893 to manufacture caustic soda and soda crystals.

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27th September 1908: First Model T Ford automobile rolls out of the Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit

27th September 2022
Tagged as: America, Automobile, Car, Detroit, Engineering, Factory, Ford, Mechanical, Model T, Science, Technology, United States

The Model T was enormously successful, and at one point half of all automobiles on the road were not just Ford cars but Model Ts.

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13th February 1981: The sewers of Louisville, Kentucky, explode after industrial waste makes its way into the tunnels

13th February 2021
Tagged as: America, Explosion, Factory, Gas, Industry, Kentucky, Louisville, Sewer, United States, USA

The explosion wiped out services for thousands of residents, while the stench from the open sewers was unbearable.

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27th September 1908: First Model T Ford produced in Detroit

27th September 2020
Tagged as: America, Automobile, Factory, Industry, Technology, USA

On the 27^th September 1908, the first Model T Ford automobile rolled out of the Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit.