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Pier, Jersey City after munitions explosion (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Art Siegel said:
    This is apparently a view of some of the damage from the Black Tom munitions explosion of July 30, 1916, eventually held to be an act of German sabotage.
    A very similar photo is used with the following caption in a blog entry on Black Tom:
    "This view shows the wreckage of buildings on the pier at Black Tom Island, part of Jersey City, N.J., following the explosion of a munition plant set off by German saboteurs, July 1916. The pier is opposite the Statue of Liberty in the New York Harbor. (AP Photo)"
    cryptome.org/eyeball/black-tom/black-eyeball.htm

    See also Recovered shells (LOC)Diving at Black Tom (LOC)Raising Shells, Black Tom (LOC)Sorting shells at Black Tom (LOC)
  • Richard Norton said:
    The Black Tom explosion on July 30, 1916, in Jersey City, New Jersey, was an act of sabotage by German agents to destroy American-made munitions that were to be supplied to the Allies in World War I. (Source: Wikipedia)
  • Ryan (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks to both of you for this information. We'll make sure that some of it gets into each record the next time we update.
  • perfgeek said:
    Seems those are Hudson River barges in the foreground. From some searching around, part of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_Railroad . These folks www.waterfrontmuseum.org/home seem to have one as the home for their museum.

Rescued shells, Jersey City (LOC)

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  • Art Siegel said:
    see also Pier, Jersey City after munitions explosion (LOC)

Recovered shells (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Art Siegel said:
    Aftermath of the Black Tom munitions explosion of July 30, 1916. See notes under Raising Shells, Black Tom (LOC)
  • Seuss. said:
    The derrick bears signage for "Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co." who were one of the most respected salvage operators of the day. Wikipedia states . . . is not clear from the sources consulted so far what sorts of activities MC&S were involved in during the 1910s. Well, I can guess at least one activity.