Having a Blast in 1905

Henderson's Point Strawbery Banke Presents
HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #4

On July 22, 1905 Henderson’s Point blew up. Engineers used 50 tons of dynamite to remove a 540-foot spit of land known locally as "Pull-and-be-Damned-Point".. The largest explosion to that date in world history removed a dangerous point of navigation in Portsmouth Harbor. A large crowd gathered to witness the event while others, fearing disaster, quickly got out of town.

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Henderson's point

ALSO see photos BEFORE & AFTER the explosion

From HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
Early Photographs from the Collections of Strawbery Banke
by James L. Garvin & Susan Grigg, Peter Randall Publisher
(c) Strawbery Banke Museum . All rights reserved.

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