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Two Lives Lost: The 1909 Midvale Boiler Explosion

Altered image of the Royal Plant in Midvale, Ohio, c. 1900s. (Source: flickr)

Tragedy struck Midvale when a violent boiler explosion claimed the lives of two young workers. On the morning of December 17, 1909, the Royal plant of the Robinson Clay Product Company in Midvale, Ohio, was operating a battery of eight horizontal tubular boilers under approximately 95 pounds of pressure. At 7:10 AM, a catastrophic explosionContinue reading “Two Lives Lost: The 1909 Midvale Boiler Explosion”