Powell Squib Factory Explosion Monument 1889
27 image Panoramic 3 exposure digitally blended HDR. 81 total images. Final size is 9648px x 12279px or approx 118MP.
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27 image Panoramic 3 exposure digitally blended HDR. 81 total images. Final size is 9648px x 12279px or approx 118MP.
A little history on this:
On February 25, 1889 an accidental explosion at the Powell Squib factory claimed the lives of eleven girls and one male employee. The girls ranged in age from fourteen to twenty two. The factory manufactured explosive detonators, known as squibs, which were primarily used by the mining industry. A squib is a small paper tube filled with black powder. At the time, young girls were often employed at such factories, to supplement their families income. Ten victims are buried side by side at the cemetery. They are: Mary H Lake, Kate Jones, Jane Thomas, Kettie Jones, Gladys Reese, Mary Walters, Esther Ann Powell, Ruth Powell, Maggie Richards and George Reese. Esther Ann and Ruth Powell were nieces of factory owner John R. Powell. A beautiful monument was erected to memorialize the victims of the disaster. A poem on the side of the monument echoes the sentiment of those buried at the monument. “Together they sleep on the sloping green, Where the flowers bloom neath the sunlight beam, and the soft breezes sigh through the willow tree, that nods o’er the grave at the sunny Shawnee.”
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A little history on this:
On February 25, 1889 an accidental explosion at the Powell Squib factory claimed the lives of eleven girls and one male employee. The girls ranged in age from fourteen to twenty two. The factory manufactured explosive detonators, known as squibs, which were primarily used by the mining industry. A squib is a small paper tube filled with black powder. At the time, young girls were often employed at such factories, to supplement their families income. Ten victims are buried side by side at the cemetery. They are: Mary H Lake, Kate Jones, Jane Thomas, Kettie Jones, Gladys Reese, Mary Walters, Esther Ann Powell, Ruth Powell, Maggie Richards and George Reese. Esther Ann and Ruth Powell were nieces of factory owner John R. Powell. A beautiful monument was erected to memorialize the victims of the disaster. A poem on the side of the monument echoes the sentiment of those buried at the monument. “Together they sleep on the sloping green, Where the flowers bloom neath the sunlight beam, and the soft breezes sigh through the willow tree, that nods o’er the grave at the sunny Shawnee.”
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