The biggest explosion before atom bombs hit a town with a 52-foot-tall tidal wave
The event leveled the entire neighborhood of Richmond, killing thousands. It tossed a ship onto the harbor shores like a toy. A giant tidal wave even rushed into low-laying areas.
The source of the detonation - a French ammunition ship - almost completely vanished. Only the vessel's anchor and one of its guns were found miles away.
The magnitude of the blast was equivalent to about 6 million pounds of TNT, making it the largest human-made explosion at the time. The record would hold for nearly three decades, until the United States surpassed it by detonating the first atomic weapon near the end of WWII.
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