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painter777 Explosion at Lake City... 04-11-2017, 05:29 PM
Badger One dead, 4 injured in... 04-11-2017, 05:48 PM
fjruple Primer mixing plant- Usually... 04-11-2017, 10:02 PM
browningautorifle How about the one they had a... 04-11-2017, 10:11 PM
fjruple Jim -- There was another... 04-13-2017, 06:47 PM
browningautorifle Yes, I was aware but this one... 04-13-2017, 07:01 PM
WarPig1976 This is a common... 04-14-2017, 08:02 AM
fjruple WarPig1976-- I understand. ... 04-14-2017, 06:59 PM
WarPig1976 Yup, like I said there's more... 04-15-2017, 04:27 AM
browningautorifle Now, with all that...there... 04-15-2017, 09:13 PM
fjruple Jim -- The Eddystone... 04-16-2017, 09:15 AM
WarPig1976 The Eddystone explosion... 04-12-2017, 08:08 AM
browningautorifle That was the one I sought... 04-12-2017, 11:35 AM
CINDERS Nothing comes close to this... 04-12-2017, 11:58 AM
cherokee How does 2.7 kilotons stack... 04-12-2017, 12:18 PM
fjruple Another explosion was the... 04-12-2017, 03:34 PM
cherokee Being somewhat local to this... 04-13-2017, 08:32 AM
CINDERS Wern't primers made of picric... 04-14-2017, 07:53 AM
browningautorifle Mercury fulminate... 04-14-2017, 09:39 AM
mike1967 Yes sort of, it was used in... 04-15-2017, 02:25 AM
CINDERS Mike ~ that is what pricked... 04-15-2017, 07:24 AM
fjruple Remain of the Eddystone Rifle... 04-15-2017, 08:16 AM
browningautorifle A huge difference in... 04-15-2017, 09:23 AM
fjruple Jim-- You are quite right. ... 04-15-2017, 12:26 PM
browningautorifle That's an enormous spread of... 04-16-2017, 10:50 AM
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    Quote Originally Posted by fjruple View Post
    In fact the Eddystone munitions company where the explosion took place was owned and operated by the Baldwin Locomotive works.
    Now, with all that...there was an explosion there? What exactly would have been destroyed, or was it just structural and minor? Glass as was suggested(there was sure enough of it).
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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    Now, with all that...there was an explosion there? What exactly would have been destroyed, or was it just structural and minor? Glass as was suggested(there was sure enough of it).
    Jim -- The Eddystone Munition Plant was located on the other side of the Industrial Highway (Rt.291) and the railroad tracks that you seen to the right in the picture. I am going to attached a map to this post to show where everything is located at the Baldwin Works. There is a very grainy aerial photo of the Eddystone Munitions works (#17 &18 on the map which was rebuilt after the explosion) needless to say it is pretty flat. The site of the Eddystone munitions Works is now occupied by a power generation plant. The only part of the old Eddystone Rifle Plant (#24 on the map) still standing is the Power Steam Building #27 in the attached map.

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