The Powder Toy

Halifax-explosion 1917 by HapyMetal

HapyMetal
HapyMetal
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18th Sep 2016
1st November
One of the lagest man made, non nuclear explosions, happened on Dec.6th 1917 in Halifax. Killing 2000 people, and destroyed large areas of the habour and the city. A detailed description can be found on the TPT-Forum
halifax explosion tragic history realistic canada disaster

Comments

  • sonic55555
    sonic55555     17th May 2017
    I live in canada, and have a book on this. windows blew out for miles, and the entire neighboorhood of Richmond was blown to bits.
  • noobie2000
    noobie2000     16th May 2017
    Wait,Erebus By Boldstep?
  • CatArmour
    CatArmour     28th Mar 2017
    yeah the biggest non-nuclear explosion EVER.
  • thechubbyhusky
    thechubbyhusky     12th Nov 2016
    Amazing job! :D Have you ever thought about doing the Mount Erebus Crash? Anyway, +1 :)
  • KingWilliamIII
    KingWilliamIII     4th Oct 2016
    The IMO was thrown ashore
  • CatArmour
    CatArmour     2nd Oct 2016
    NEVER BEFORE HAVE I SEEN CANADIAN HISTORY ON POWDER TOY im canadian :3 +1
  • ironicDoomsday
    ironicDoomsday     28th Sep 2016
    I can't believe it's been almost a whole century since this happened. Next year will be the 100th anniversary of the disaster. Thank you for this recreation.
  • Nean
    Nean     23rd Sep 2016
    Then the largest explosion was taken be that massive tnt explosion made to simulate an atomic bomb over here in the states
  • HapyMetal
    HapyMetal     23rd Sep 2016
    An bad idea indeed, but it was wartime and all british ships on high seas where in danger to be attacked by german u-boats. It was maybe better to risk one ship, fully loaded with explosives than divide the cargo and risk these ships too.
  • sentinal-5
    sentinal-5     23rd Sep 2016
    An excellent recreation of such a horrific disaster, i don't know who thought it would be a good idea to load so much high explosive cargo onto one boat.