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The T.A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant Explosion Memorial at Parlin, N.J., April 20, 2021. The memorial, which is located at the Ernst Memorial Cemetery on 328 Ernston Road, honors the more than 100 people who were killed Oct. 4, 1918, at a World War I munitions plant in Sayreville, N.J. The facility and more than 300 surrounding buildings were destroyed. The first explosion caused a fire with ensuing explosions continuing for three days. Unexploded ordnance has been found as recently as 2007. (New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs photo by Mark C. Olsen)
| Date Taken: | 04.20.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 04.21.2021 19:49 |
| Photo ID: | 6610193 |
| VIRIN: | 210420-Z-AL508-4010 |
| Resolution: | 5171x3447 |
| Size: | 6.98 MB |
| Location: | PARLIN, NEW JERSEY, US |
| Web Views: | 273 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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