Ruins of Railroad Buildings following explosion, Aspinwall, Panama, April 3, 1866, artist's impression

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Ruins of Railroad Buildings following explosion, Aspinwall, Panama, April 3, 1866, artist's impression

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Jia Ma, House Divided, Dickinson College

Scan date

11/03/2015

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, March 27, 2016

Depicted ContentColón, Panama

Depicted ContentAt Colón in the Panama, an exploding British cargo of nitro-glycerin devastates the port and kills fifty

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engraving

Original caption

Explosion at Aspinwall - Ruins of the Panama Railroad Company's Freight-House.

Source citation

Harper's Weekly Magazine, May 5, 1866, p. 285.

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