Explosions

Pipeline Explosion in Audubon

by Nancy Sullivan

On Thanksgiving Day in 1950, just as families in Lower Providence were sitting down together to enjoy the holiday, a huge explosion occurred. Three thousand feet of a natural gas pipeline that ran from Texas to New York were destroyed in the blast. The Times-Herald reported the explosion on the day after (November 24) and quoted the… Read More »Pipeline Explosion in Audubon

Two explosions in Conshohocken

by Nancy Sullivan

In the nineteenth century the Montgomery county towns along the Schuylkill were busy industrial centers. These mills provided good jobs for many, but they also meant that Montgomery County had its share of industrial accidents. On February 3, 1873, at about a quarter past four in the afternoon, a boiler at the John Wood &… Read More »Two explosions in Conshohocken