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BBC R3 - 'The Splintered City' [the Halifax Harbour explosion]
Produced by Julian May
Broadcast May 20, 2007
Coded from tape at 128/44.1

On December 6, 1917 [probably] the largest man made  non-nuclear
explosion took place in Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada.

It sank ships, destroyed much of the city, blinded many, and killed 2000.

The explosive materials consisted:
10 tons of gun cotton
35 tons of benzol
200 tons of TNT,
2,300 tons of wet and dry picric acid (high explosive)

This documentary details part of the story

https://maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/what-see-do/halifax-explosion


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