Anchor from Freighter Grand Camp
Texas City Disaster
9:12 a. m., April 16, 1947, the French freighter Grand Camp exploded, setting off a disaster that killed 576, injured 5,000 and destroyed $67 million in property. This 10,640 pound anchor was found buried 1/2 mile from the scene of the explosion.
Marker is at the intersection of Bay Street and Dike Road on Bay Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
