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FreightWaves Classics articles look at various aspects of the transportation industry’s history.

 

Brielle Jaekel Thursday, September 21, 2023

Lessons from the 1947 Texas City port disaster

: In 1947, tragedy struck the port in Texas City, Texas, where a French ship carrying highly flammable fertilizer caught fire and caused devastation to the port town. But the lessons learned from the disaster likely saved lives in the years following, according to the latest episode of Tracks Through Time.

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Brielle Jaekel Thursday, September 7, 2023

Disappearance of Flight 19 remains a mystery

In December 1945, five U.S. Navy Avenger bombers took off from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on a routine training mission known as Flight 19. They were to navigate to various points in the Atlantic Ocean and return to base. But as Tracks Through Time explores, the seemingly mundane exercise turned into one of the most baffling mysteries in aviation history.

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Brielle Jaekel Thursday, June 29, 2023

What happened to the Mary Celeste crew?

In 1872 the British brigantine Mary Celeste was discovered adrift in the Atlantic Ocean without any damage but missing its crew. Author Valerie Martin discusses some of the theories behind what happened and her research into “The Ghost of the Mary Celeste,” a nonfiction book about the case, on this episode of Tracks Through Time.

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