Terrible devastation. The top half of the 225 foot headhouse is blown away with most of the debris landing at the base on top on a building that housed the employee locker room and FGIS grain inspection offices. More than the usual number of employees were in the building because Christmas turkeys were being given out and the night shift employees had returned.

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dc.contributor.author Schoeff, Robert W.
dc.coverage.spatial Westwego, Louisiana en_US
dc.coverage.temporal 1977-12-22 en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2010-09-20T22:10:04Z
dc.date.available 2010-09-20T22:10:04Z
dc.date.issued 2010-09-20T22:10:04Z
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2097/6061
dc.description Morse Department of Special Collections
dc.format.extent 996x656 pixels en_US
dc.format.medium Color photographs en_US
dc.publisher Kansas State University. Dept. of Grain Science and Industry en_US
dc.subject.LCSH Grain dust en_US
dc.subject.LCSH Dust explosions--Louisiana--Westwego en_US
dc.title Terrible devastation. The top half of the 225 foot headhouse is blown away with most of the debris landing at the base on top on a building that housed the employee locker room and FGIS grain inspection offices. More than the usual number of employees were in the building because Christmas turkeys were being given out and the night shift employees had returned. en_US
dc.type Still Image en_US
dc.date.published 1977
dc.rightsHolder Robert W. Schoeff en_US
dc.standard.bitdepth 8-bit en_US
dc.standard.compression Yes en_US
dc.standard.imagepurpose Access en_US
dc.description.elevatorowner Continental Grain Company en_US
dc.description.killedinexplosion Killed in explosion: 36 en_US
dc.description.injuredinexplosion Injured in explosion: 9 en_US
dc.rights.accessrights This image cannot be copied or reproduced without the written permission of University Archives, Kansas State University. This image may be freely used for education uses, so long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this image file is permitted without written permission of University Archives, Kansas State University. A high-quality version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting University Archives, Kansas State University. en_US


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