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The 1924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster was an explosion and fire that claimed many lives and destroyed several square miles of New Jersey factories. [1] It began on March 1, 1924, about 11:15 a.m., when an explosion destroyed a building in Nixon, New Jersey (an area within present-day Edison, New Jersey) used for processing ammonium nitrate. [2]
The Nixon Nitration Works disaster, an explosion of ammonium nitrate, killed at least 18 people, destroyed several miles of New Jersey factories, and demolished the "tiny industrial town of Nixon, New Jersey." [1]
On 1 March 1924, an explosion destroyed a building in Nixon, New Jersey, used for processing ammonium nitrate. The explosion caused fires in surrounding buildings in the Nixon Nitration Works that contained other highly flammable materials. The disaster killed 20 people and destroyed 40 buildings.
Nixon is an unincorporated community located within Edison Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [2][3] It was named after Lewis Nixon, a manufacturer and community leader. Soon after the outbreak of World War I, Nixon established a massive volatile chemicals processing facility there, known as the Nixon Nitration Works.
Nixon, New Jersey: 20 2 1924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster – An ammonium nitrate processing plant managed by Lewis Nixon exploded, destroying the town of Nixon. 10 March 1930 United Kingdom: Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire, England 5 1 Allerton Bywater colliery explosion: 18 March 1937 United States: New London, Texas: 295+ 300+ New London ...
From 1915 until his death, Nixon was president of the Nixon Nitration Works, in what is now the Nixon section of Edison, New Jersey. A 1924 explosion and resulting fire destroyed much of the Works, which was then rebuilt and resumed operations. He died on September 23, 1940, at Monmouth Memorial Hospital in Long Branch, New Jersey. [18]
R. Norris Shreve. Randolph Norris Shreve (March 9, 1885 – February 17, 1975) was a chemical engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, educator and collector. After joining the Purdue University faculty in 1930, he helped to build the university's School of Chemical Engineering, the Purdue-Taiwan Engineering Project, and National Cheng Kung University ...
Lewis Nixon III (September 30, 1918 – January 11, 1995) [1] was a United States Army officer who, during World War II, served at the company, battalion, and regimental level with the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Nixon was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Ron Livingston.