Pool 5 Explosion

Description

Media Type: Image
Item Type: Photographs
Description: The twisted wreckage of metal, concrete and wire left after the explosion of grain elevator Pool #5 on August 7, 1945 in Current River. The explosion was caused by grain dust combustion. The top four floors of the elevator were destroyed. Eighteen men were killed, or died later, and thirty-seven men were injured.
Date of Original: 1945
Date Of Event: 1945
Dimensions: Width: 5 in
Height: 3.5 in
Subject(s): Disasters
Explosions
Grain elevators
Local identifier: P32
Collection: Thunder Bay Public Library
Copyright Statement: Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
Contact: Thunder Bay Public Library
Email:research@tbpl.ca
Website:
https://www.tbpl.ca

Agency street/mail address:
Brodie Resource Library

216 South Brodie Street

Thunder Bay, ON

P7E 1C2