Sujet

Edison works, West Orange, New Jersey, 10 December 1914. Creator: Bain News Service.

Légende

Edison works, West Orange, New Jersey, 10 December 1914. View showing the aftermath of the fire at Edison's factory. The fire was triggered by highly combustible nitrate film exploding. Nitrate film at that time was composed of nitrocellulose, also known as gun cotton, a major ingredient of naval munitions, and known to be highly combustible if in an unstable state.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM26A22_152

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

53.4Mo (1.8Mo) / 45.0cm x 29.7cm / 5318 x 3508 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building buildings library destruction industry country danger dangerous research fire industrial factory damage damaged explosion chemical laboratory location debris rubble century destructive wreckage concept B&W New Jersey aftermath Library of Congress research and development peril United States of America black & white black and white B W r&d 1910s 20th century American America USA guncotton industrial accident nitrocellulose TGN photograph united states Thomas Edison Edison Bain débris Congressional Library Thomas Alva Thomas Alva Edison Heritage Art glass negative Bain News Service George Grantham Bain Thomas A. Edison Thomas A. George Grantham cellulose nitrate gun cotton Incorporated