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1September 2023

Riddle Me This: Truth Or Lie?

By |September 1st, 2023|Categories: Engineering Fun, Tuesday Tidbits|1 Comment

Hugh was born in and lives in Chicago. He loves his city and is a true-blue Chicagoan. The other day he told a visitor to his beloved city, with a serious tone, to be careful when talking to other people in the city because “all Chicagoans are liars.”

24August 2023

Westwego Grain Elevator Explosion

By |August 24th, 2023|Categories: Friday Famous Failures|5 Comments

On the morning of June 28th, 1973, the small town of Westwego, Louisiana was rocked by a massive explosion that left 36 people dead and over 70 injured. The cause of this tragedy was a grain-dust explosion at the Continental Grain Company facility, which was one of the largest grain elevators in the country at the time.