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Marker describing the propeller of the SS High Flyer
Photographer: Gregory Walker
Taken: April 11, 2010
Caption: Marker describing the propeller of the SS High Flyer
Additional Description:
Propeller of the SS Highflyer
The SS Highflyer exploded in the main slip on 4-17-1947
after being set on fire by the SS Grandcamp which
exploded in the north slip on 4-16-1947. It is
dedicated in memory of those who died and in honor
of those who survived to make Texas City a safer and
better place in which to live and work.
April 16, 1987
Texas City Terminal Railway Co.
K.L. Demaet, President
Submitted: September 25, 2010, by Gregory Walker of La Grange, Texas.
Database Locator Identification Number: p129418
File Size: 0.259 Megabytes

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