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The largest explosion ever before the Atomic Bomb took place right here off of Astoria NY shores In 1885 engineers dug excavations and inserted explosives in them to remove the treacherous reefs and rocks in the Hell Gate area of the East River. This culminated with the largest man made explosion before the atomic bomb. The map shown is a navigational map from 1851 showing all the original obstructions. I found plenty of articles on this project online - today I learned something new about our area :-)
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 22:41:56 +0000

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