The 1937 New London School Explosion
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Correction: Tyler is west of New London, not east.

Natural gas is one of the most important resources on the planet right now. It’s driven countless innovations that benefit nearly everyone in a huge variety of ways. And so, even if you had never heard of New London, Texas before now, you can feel fairly confident that, all these decades later, you’ve also benefited in some way from the hard lessons learned there in 1937.

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